please enjoy this photo of Brooks
as he’s done more running than I have lately
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So, it’s truth time over here on the blog.
I’m signed up to run the 10 mile Broad Street Run on this Sunday
{which I’ve run in the past}
It’s been part of my 2016 Race Calendar since the beginning and I’ve been looking forward to running it.
But the truth of the matter is,
I haven’t run since the Hot Chocolate 15k
{which was 1 whole month ago!}
#facepalm
Ok, that’s a bit of a white lie because I did run 4.5 miles {once} while on vacation in Mexico. But it wasn’t really so much real running as it was jogging for every 0.50 miles and then walking + chugging water.
I blame the 90% humidity and the all-inclusive, open bar for that. #sorryimnotsorry
So I made the executive decision this week to defer my Broad Street Race until 2017.
**at least I think I did, the process wasn’t 100% clear **
It was a bit of a bummer, because I have been planning on + wanting to run it for some time. I’ve been running and training, with Broad Street as my end goal since January – since 10 miles is all I can really wrap my mind around training for right now.
I know I could do it if I wanted to, I acknowledge that I am blessed with athletic ability and I also spend my days walking 6+ miles with the boys all over the city. So I’m confident that I could pull 10 miles out – it just wouldn’t be pretty.
And knowing that it wouldn’t be pretty even before the morning of the race, doesn’t really excite me.
Sure, I know I could run the race, cross the finish line and get my medal.
But I could also risk injuring myself {as I know I’m not prepared to run this} and I am 99.9% sure I would feel awful the entire time doing it.
So why do it?
Honestly, I would rather spend the morning rolling around with my littles, having Sunday breakfast with my family.
Honestly, training for anything {sometimes working out in general} is hard with two babies.
Honestly, some days {more often than not actually}, working out is at the absolute bottom of my priority list.
Honestly, part of me really wanted to run this race solely because I had committed to doing it online.
Don’t get me wrong – I love to run.
I love to sweat, I love to be outside, I love to be active, I love taking care of myself in that way.
But the two littles can make taking time for myself a little logistically challenging. But at the same time, I want to make the effort because I want to show them how important putting yourself first and living a healthy life is.
But, at the same time again, when there are a million and one things that need to get done in the house, we have no food in the fridge and I have other work things going on, sometimes the ability to take an hour to myself to run isn’t always an option {factor in nursing + nap time and the percentage goes down even more!}
I still plan to continue my effort to run a race a month for 2016 – now I’m looking for on this month! Know any?
Knowing when to say no to a race was hard, but I’m glad I made the right decision for me.
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Have you ever had to say No to a race?
Any tips on training with babes? Please share!
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4 Comments
This is my first time in 5 years not running Broad Street but I think we both picked a good time to skip- forecast doesn’t look favorable! I think there are some fun races along the shore this summer- I would love to find a half to do since I DNS’d the Love Run.
We’ve been there! Thanks for sharing!
I had to say no to the Philly full this fall because of an injury. It was heartbreaking because I spent months training for it and then got a bad case of IT Band Syndrome less than a month out. I worked with a sports chiro to rehab my injury and know that deferring was the right decision. I’m signed up to run Broad Street this weekend and I haven’t trained quite as much as I would’ve liked but I’m going to do it. I 100% support making decisions that stay true to you. You’ll get ’em next year 🙂
Don’t beat yourself up over your decision, life is full of priorities and right now your littles come first! There’s always another race and now you can train casually until then.