{"id":5339,"date":"2010-08-26T12:27:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T19:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=5339"},"modified":"2010-08-26T12:27:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T19:27:43","slug":"relief-and-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=5339","title":{"rendered":"Relief and Disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned a few months ago that I was considering signing up for the Las Vegas Half Marathon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Since I was already training for Hood to Coast I decided that I would wait until September to decide whether or not I would sign up for the Vegas Half.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Well the time is almost here for me to make a decision and Michael and I had a heart to heart talk about it the other night.<\/p>\n

Michael thinks I should skip the Vegas Half this year and do it next year. He thinks I should do a smaller, local, cheaper Half for my first long race. When he said that, my first reaction was relief<\/strong>. And then disappointment<\/strong> and sadness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why relief<\/strong>? I will admit that I was a bit overwhelmed with the idea of beginning my Half Marathon training. Mostly because\u00a0for the last year my life has been preoccupied with all things “training for Hood to Coast<\/span><\/strong>.” That was my number one priority, the reason I did all the other races, and it has also cost a lot of money<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In order to properly train for the Half, I need like 12-13 weeks<\/strong> to train. That’s cutting it pretty close. While I think my fitness level is pretty good, and my running has improved, there’s no way I could run a Half tomorrow if I tried.<\/p>\n

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So I was asking myself….<\/p>\n

Do I have enough time to train?<\/span><\/p>\n

Do I have the money to spend $145 on just the entry fee?<\/span><\/p>\n

Plus the inflated travel costs and costs of enjoying Vegas?<\/span><\/p>\n

The answer to all three were a “No.”<\/p>\n

That was a big disappointment for me. I am still mulling it over in my mind but I know the responsible, logical, right choice is to pick a local Half to test it out.<\/p>\n

Then next year I can focus on the Vegas Half:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Some of the things that attracted me to the Vegas Half:<\/p>\n