{"id":6324,"date":"2018-05-18T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=6324"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T13:27:28","slug":"choo-cheering-here-i-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/18\/choo-cheering-here-i-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Choo Cheering, Here I Come!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5484\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/70.3-Chattanooga-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"120\" \/>This weekend is IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga.\u00a0 You may remember that I very <a href=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/13\/so-whats-next-3\/\">excitedly registered<\/a> for this race back in September.\u00a0 Clearly, I&#8217;m not racing.\u00a0 But that doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m not going.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m headed to Chattanooga this weekend to cheer on my teammates and a whole bunch of strangers (who really are just friends you haven&#8217;t met yet).\u00a0 I&#8217;m really looking forward to the weekend.\u00a0 I thought I would be dreading it a little bit, what with not being able to race, but I think because I&#8217;m clearly still in no shape to race (or at least run a half marathon), it&#8217;s less of a struggle.\u00a0 And even if my hip were in good shape, just taking a month off and then getting into race shape in less than two months would have been a bit of a nightmare.\u00a0 Definitely high stress and hard on my body.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad I made the decision to still go to Chattanooga.\u00a0 Sure, I could totally use the money I&#8217;m spending on accommodations to help fix the dent in my budget from all of the medical expenses, but I think if I stayed home, I would spend the weekend being sad that I wasn&#8217;t there and feeling sorry for myself for being injured (plus splitting a house with three other ladies means it&#8217;s not terribly cost-prohibitive).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also really, really excited to go cheer.\u00a0 So many of my Coeur and Collective Beat teammates are going to be at the race, many of whom I haven&#8217;t yet met in person.\u00a0 I&#8217;m so excited to give so many hugs.\u00a0 And of course, to scream at strangers on the street for most of the day.\u00a0 I have my cowbell packed.\u00a0 My goal is to drive the people around me absolutely crazy with my antics.\u00a0 I think I can do it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m planning to be all over Instagram with updates from race weekend, so if you&#8217;re interested,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elbowglitter\/\"> make sure you&#8217;re following me<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend is IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga.\u00a0 You may remember that I very excitedly registered for this race back in September.\u00a0 Clearly, I&#8217;m not racing.\u00a0 But that doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m not going. 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