{"id":3113,"date":"2014-11-10T09:44:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2014-11-10T09:44:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T14:44:11","slug":"regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/10\/regrets\/","title":{"rendered":"No Regrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TimeHop just reminded me that at this time last year, I was out on a 15 mile training run for my upcoming January marathon.\u00a0 For the first time since 2012, I&#8217;m not currently training for a marathon.\u00a0 And I have no regrets about that.\u00a0 None.\u00a0 Zip.\u00a0 Zilch.\u00a0 Zero.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a slow runner.\u00a0 While I&#8217;ve fallen a bit out of shape over the past few weeks and am still easing back in, my ten mile run this weekend took me over 2:20.\u00a0 (No time shame here &#8211; a mile is a mile.)\u00a0 I have 12 miles on the schedule for next weekend, but unless something goes terribly wrong, it should still take me under 3 hours.\u00a0 The idea of spending any more time than that out running makes me cringe.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a curse of the slow runner.\u00a0 If we want to get in our training distances, we have to put crazy amounts of time into training.\u00a0 The amount of time it will take me for 12 is the same amount of time it takes some people to do 20.<\/p>\n<p>Is it worth it?\u00a0 Sure.\u00a0 Do I miss it?\u00a0 Nope.<\/p>\n<p>Some of it is matching my limitations with my desires.\u00a0 Can I run a marathon?\u00a0 Absolutely. I&#8217;ve done it twice.\u00a0 Did I enjoy it?\u00a0 Well, that&#8217;s questionable.\u00a0 I enjoyed the sense of accomplishment that came along with it.\u00a0 So that&#8217;s something.\u00a0 But right now, I just don&#8217;t have the desire to do it again anytime soon.\u00a0 Will I run another marathon?\u00a0 Probably.\u00a0 At some point, I will either have forgotten how much I didn&#8217;t enjoy it or I will decide that I don&#8217;t care and that I really want to run another one.<\/p>\n<p>But this year, at the Disney Marathon, I&#8217;m excited to be out there cheering for my friends running the marathon.\u00a0 And then I will enjoy my ability to walk properly for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TimeHop just reminded me that at this time last year, I was out on a 15 mile training run for my upcoming January marathon.\u00a0 For the first time since 2012, I&#8217;m not currently training for a marathon.\u00a0 And I have no regrets about that.\u00a0 None.\u00a0 Zip.\u00a0 Zilch.\u00a0 Zero. 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