{"id":343,"date":"2006-12-02T00:12:49","date_gmt":"2006-12-02T05:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/12\/02\/tomac-beats-a-viking\/"},"modified":"2011-08-10T02:15:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T06:15:12","slug":"tomac-beats-a-viking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/12\/02\/tomac-beats-a-viking\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomac beats a Viking"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>John Tomac&#8217;s las few minutes of preparation for his first New York City Marathon didn&#8217;t take place on the starting line, but in line for the bathroom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* oddplanet_inpost_smallsquare *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2967767859\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 200;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 200;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Tomac says &#8220;I was waiting in line for the bathroom when everyone moved forward and 10,000 people surged toward the start,&#8221; Tomac said. &#8220;It took me a minute or so to get to the starting line. 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