{"id":18045,"date":"2017-10-07T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=18045"},"modified":"2017-10-07T14:00:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T18:00:04","slug":"october-7-2017-the-zagreb-marathon-expo-expose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=18045","title":{"rendered":"October 7, 2017 &#8211; The Zagreb Marathon Expo Expose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NghgdU0fkNI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Picking up my bib was very easy.\u00a0 It was kinda tucked away in the first floor of this non-descript building with a very important sounding name \u2013 Europe House (or House Europe depending on which GPS map program you\u2019re using).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9973.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18060\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9973-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9973-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9973-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9973-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9973-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9973-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9973.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18061\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9974-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9974-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9974-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9974-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9974-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9974-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9974.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9976.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9977.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9977-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9977-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9977-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9977-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9977-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9977-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9977.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not entirely sure if my name is spelled correctly in the Zagreb system. \u00a0The guy working the computer kept calling me \u201cKelvin\u201d and jokingly said he needed to see ID\u2026 then waved me off as I dug into my pocket for my passport.\u00a0 He said, \u201cIf you could guess that name you deserve to run anyway.\u201d\u00a0 But my name isn\u2019t Kelvin, it\u2019s Kevin.\u00a0 I\u2019m not running a website called \u201crunkelvinrun.com.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (As of this afternoon, that domain is still available by the way).\u00a0 I showed him my passport just to make sure he was pulling up my record and not somebody else\u2019s.\u00a0 I\u2019d hate for Kelvin Hanna not to get to run because I took his or her bib.\u00a0 He asked if he had to put in my middle name.\u00a0 That wasn\u2019t what I was worried about \u2013 in fact, I just waved it off and said thank you and took my number.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18062\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9975.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purple is \u201cthe\u201d color in Europe apparently.\u00a0 There are two possibilities \u2013 it\u2019s either the \u201cin\u201d color of the year or it\u2019s the \u201cout\u201d color of the year and it\u2019s the cheapest option as warehouses try and clear their stock.\u00a0 Whatever the case, both Brussels and now Zagreb have had purple shirts for the runners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9997.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9997-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9997-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9997-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9997-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9997-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9997-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9997.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9996.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9996-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9996-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9996-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9996-830x1107.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9996-230x307.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9996-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9996.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9995.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9995-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9995-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9995-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9995-230x409.png 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9995-350x623.png 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9995.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know what the back says.\u00a0 According to google translate, it means \u201cI have such and work.\u201d\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s \u201cbeen there, done that?\u201d\u00a0 Or possibly \u201cfinisher?\u201d\u00a0 Or ya know what?\u00a0 I kinda dig a shirt that says, \u201cI have such and work.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s mysterious and impenetrable and yet packs a punch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the pickup building, there was a race \u201cexpo\u201d that had a couple of vendors hawking their wares on the square (at least I THINK they were related to the marathon\u2026 by the end of the day, the arch and various taped off lanes that I assumed were being setup for the marathon tomorrow were all mysteriously gone).\u00a0 I thought this was where the start would be tomorrow but now I need to google search that as it\u2019s something of a ghost town at the moment.\u00a0 With a 10 AM start, there\u2019s plenty of time to find the thing in the morning.\u00a0 The website says it\u2019s at Ban Josip Jela\u010di\u0107 Square, Zagreb.\u00a0 I think that IS where the \u201cexpo\u201d was this morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9984.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18065\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9981.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9982.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983-830x623.jpg 830w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983-230x173.jpg 230w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_9983.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be fine.\u00a0 I have no idea what the course is like but having walked around Zagreb a bit here, there\u2019s a possibility of hills and switchbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Come what may, I guess tomorrow I shall such and work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picking up my bib was very easy.\u00a0 It was kinda tucked away in the first floor of this non-descript building with a very important sounding name \u2013 Europe House (or House Europe depending on which GPS map program you\u2019re using). \u00a0 I\u2019m not entirely sure if my name is spelled correctly in the Zagreb system. 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