My first marathon I ran in Venice, Italy. I thought if I was going to run a marathon it should be some place awesome. Go big or Go home. I made a three week European adventure to go with it. I decided that I would visit five cities; Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Paris then Venice. My goal was to run all these cities. I could train while I was away and finish with the marathon. Everything was fine and dandy until 12 am the morning before my flight to Venice. It was a Thursda