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I’ve been joking that in 2018, my body decided to fall apart.\u00a0 Labral tear, ovarian cyst, and just lots of random aches and pains, mostly related to recovering from the tear and from surgery.\u00a0 Last week, for example, my back randomly went into a spasm and it still kind of hurts over a week later.\u00a0 Getting old sucks.<\/p>\n
This weekend, I tracked a bunch of friends doing various races, from marathons to 70.3s to 140.6s, and it was just another reminder of why I love racing so much.\u00a0 It was so fun to see the alerts pop up on my phone or photos from spectators showing up on social media.\u00a0 I loved seeing everyone’s post-race posts.\u00a0 Some people set PRs and met personal goals, others struggled, and a few ended up with DNFs.\u00a0 But everyone was so very positive. Sometimes, a race goes great and sometimes, no matter how much you prepare, your race goes wrong.\u00a0 I’m so proud of everyone, but especially those who chose to stop when they realized that continuing meant risking harm to themselves.<\/p>\n
I’ve been going back and forth on whether or not I want to race a 70.3 next year.\u00a0 It’s a lot of training.\u00a0 I did one in 2016, and loved it, but took 2017 off because I couldn’t make things work with my schedule.\u00a0 I kind of regretted that decision, which was why I was scheduled to race 70.3 Chattanooga this May.\u00a0 My body falling apart took that off the table.\u00a0 And I still have a ways to go to be back in the shape I was this time last year, so part of me says to take another year.<\/p>\n
The other part of me says “GO FOR IT!”\u00a0 My recovery is going well and there is no indication that I won’t be able to race long a year from now.\u00a0 I’ve got multiple double-digit run races already on the calendar for this year, and it’s the run where I’ve got the most work to do.\u00a0 The next couple of months will certainly give me a good idea of where I’m at recovery wise and if it’s a good idea to try to race.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I think my body will be fine.\u00a0 The big question is whether I want to put in the time.\u00a0 Training for a\u00a0 70.3 is no joke.\u00a0 It’s especially no joke when you’re a slower racer.\u00a0 It’s a lot of hours.<\/p>\n
But I do want the camaraderie that comes with a big race.\u00a0 I want the challenge and the rush of the finish.<\/p>\n
Let’s be honest. I’m going to end up signing up for something big.\u00a0 I just have to figure out what.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been joking that in 2018, my body decided to fall apart.\u00a0 Labral tear, ovarian cyst, and just lots of random aches and pains, mostly related to recovering from the tear and from surgery.\u00a0 Last week, for example, my back randomly went into a spasm and it still kind of hurts over a week later.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n