(This is what I will look like when I eventually run the big race.)
Grr.
Well, who knows what will happen. Since I'm currently running 13 min/miles I have a long way to go. Running for two is slow. My current plan is still to give it another try--I'll run something in the Fall (Chicago? Marine Corps? NYC?) and likely not qualify since I didn't qualify last time I had just given birth (4:06:58... see my recap of Marine Corps). Then I'll run something in the Spring (Poconos? Houston? OKC?) and hopefully qualify. And then I may give up. That certainly is easier.
I feel like pushing a double stroller full of children is going to help me run a little faster? And I know there are things I can do to help myself be faster (stop eating like a crazy person, stretch, cross train...) and I feel like I owe to myself to try once more, even though it's going to be a little harder.
***And for the record, I think it is probably a good idea that they are making the qualifying times a little faster... last year the race sold out in 8 hours! Marathons are becoming more and more popular and people are getting faster and faster... so I guess it's fair. But that doesn't mean I like it.
Wish me luck.
I don't think it's fair. Wahhhhhh.
ReplyDeleteThis was a good post Rach. Fair points. Let's double check just to be sure there is no qualifying time for moms, okay?
ReplyDeleteGrrr...my thoughts exactly. Sort of see that carrot on the stick thing here.
ReplyDeleteor i mean, you could just wait till your not prego. just a thought.
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