{"id":896,"date":"2016-04-04T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896"},"modified":"2016-04-04T15:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:46:20","slug":"just-another-meatlessmonday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896","title":{"rendered":"Just another #MeatlessMonday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No recipe today, sorry. Well, maybe sort of. So, I&#8217;m sitting there in my first class today, and we&#8217;re talking comparatives and superlatives. And I say to the kids, &#8220;I&#8217;ll never be the fastest, the strongest, the best. I can never be the smartest, the richest, or the most famous. All I can do is work every day to be better than the day I was before, and do my best to be the best I can be at whatever I put my effort into.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They seemed to get it, I don&#8217;t know if they did. But I do know that I got it. It really dawned on me, I&#8217;ve said it before, but the weight of the idea really hit me. We can only be the best we can be at something. That is all. I can only be the best teacher I can be, the best runner I can be, the best blogger I can be. Asking for anything more is a surefire way to disappointment and misery.<\/p>\n<p>So in being the best I can be, in honor of all the craziness this week will bring me, more llamas with hats. &#8220;He was a traitor and a scoundrel!&#8221;<\/p>\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay\" class=\"youtube_embed_iframe\"    allowFullScreen=\"true\" style=\"width:640px; height:385px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/49j6_uk0g3k?autoplay=0&theme=dark&loop=0&fs=1&showinfo=1&modestbranding=0&iv_load_policy=1&color=red&autohide=1&disablekb=0&enablejsapi=1&version=3\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Have fun, keep running, and remember; If Gil can run then so can you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-896\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-896\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-896\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-896\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No recipe today, sorry. Well, maybe sort of. So, I&#8217;m sitting there in my first class today, and we&#8217;re talking comparatives and superlatives. And I say to the kids, &#8220;I&#8217;ll never be the fastest, the strongest, the best. I can never be the smartest, the richest, or the most famous. All I can do is work every day to be better than the day I was before, and do my best to be the best I can be at whatever I put my effort into.&#8221; They seemed to get it, I don&#8217;t know if they did. But I do know that I got it. It really dawned on me, I&#8217;ve said it before, but the weight of the idea really hit me. We can only be the best we can be at something. That is all. I can only be the best teacher I can be, the best runner I can be, the best blogger I can be. Asking for anything more is a surefire way to disappointment and misery. So in being the best I can be, in honor of all the craziness this week will bring me, more llamas with hats. &#8220;He was a traitor and a scoundrel!&#8221; Have fun, keep running, and remember; If Gil can run then so can you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-896\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=896&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-896\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" 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