I am NO-GO for the Surfside Half Marathon.
I spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about what other people will think of the decisions that I make, and I finally decided that was stupid. I’m feeling better, but not fantastic. The race involves a drive, and cold weather, and wind.
Running would be one of my sillier decisions, and it won’t be worth running 13.1 tomorrow if it knocks me out for another week. Running tomorrow isn’t worth the risk of jeopardizing another week of training. And missing one half marathon isn’t going to ruin my Half Ironman training. Pony posted something recently along the lines of “don’t run today, so that you can run tomorrow,” and I finally realized that applies to me, tomorrow.
I kept thinking I had obligations to run, obligations to people that knew I was signed up, obligations despite the fact that no one could have predicted I’d get sick this week.
But I don’t have to answer to anyone. In the end, I only have to answer to myself.
Good luck to those of you who are healthy and running!
Good job on staying put and not running. You dont want to be sick any longer than you have to!
I was out for like 3 weeks, suxd.
Rest and get better, body probably will enjoy the rest time.
have a great weekend!
Yep…I mentioned your dilemma to Pizza Man last night and he said “she shouldn’t run”. One of his oft-used running mottos is “don’t run today so that you can run tomorrow”.
Glad to hear you made a wise decision…and I think you’re smart and strong for doing it!
I missed you but its better you didnt run…you would have been way worse off I am afraid! I still missed you though 🙁
I missed you too.
In this case, not running is probably better for your health.