Hamlet-ian<\/p>\n
\u201cTo run or not to run…\u201d it\u2019s a question I find myself wrestling with more and more… during the week. But the weekend? The weekend is for racing. And this weekend is no exception. I\u2019ve registered for the Bayshore Marathon in Traverse City, MI. I\u2019ve prepaid airfare and hotel, prebooked a rental car. So I\u2019m going to go. But I have had doubts about running it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m still struggling with this annoying sinus infection thing. I\u2019m on round three of antibiotics, added in steroids to the drug cocktail, and then the other day I had a sharp stabbing chronic pain in my lower back. But my foot is no longer bothering me so that\u2019s a plus.<\/p>\n
Friends and family have all been gently suggesting I should skip this one. But the problem for me is that this was my big second moonshot attempt for a sub-3 hour race. I got my unexpected PR at this race last year courtesy of Reddi Wip(TM) and good conditions. And so the plan was to really go for it this year… a plan sabotaged by the aforementioned illnesses and a distressing weight gain. Given the moonshot seems impossible, there\u2019s a string argument to be made for scrubbing the mission and saving my rocket fuel for Kilimanjaro in June.<\/p>\n
And yet, \u201cto run or not to run…?\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m at the airport now, winging my way to Michigan.<\/p>\n
The back pain has subsided; it no longer feels as if someone cut out my kidney in the middle of the night and left me in a bathtub of quickly melting ice.<\/p>\n
My voice is back to its normal timber, albeit I\u2019m still a bit sniffily.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve eaten far too much recently so could use a 26.2 mile calorie burn.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo run or not to run?\u201d<\/p>\n
Probably a sucker\u2019s bet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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