as you probably know, today people were notified about whether or not they were selected from the lottery to run the chicago marathon. as you may recall, i entered the lottery last month, hoping that i could make this amazing marathon my first attempt at 26.2. after refreshing my athlete center all day, i was met with this:
womp womp.
after hearing from so many people that "everyone gets in to chicago!" i was feeling kind of positive about my chances. now that i know i won't be running, i obviously feel sad and disappointed. it's an amazing event and i wanted to take part.
but aside from that? i'm honestly okay with it. i was starting to feel worried about whether or not i'd be able to dedicate the time necessary to properly prepare. with my internship taking up six weeks of summer, moving to a new apartment, and working on my dissertation, my summer is already shaping up to be pretty busy. while some people are very good at balancing work and training, i'm just not that disciplined. i feel like i can handle half marathon training this summer, but marathon training might just be too much and i'd probably miss a lot of runs. and now i don't have to deal with that guilt; the decision of whether or not to train for the marathon has been made for me.
maybe i'll still be in chicago next year and i'll try again. maybe i won't be but i'll be willing to make the trip. who knows. what i do know is that i have plenty of blogger friends to follow on their journey to chicago in october, and i'm just as excited for that!
congrats to everyone who got in!
-b
sorry to hear the news :( was really hoping you and kathleen would get in. perhaps the chicago half marathon may fit into your schedule? glad we'll get to hang out though! maybe will find a fun race while you are out here.
ReplyDeletei have the half marathon all lined up :) i'm hoping i'll be able to find a race in the dc area so i can cross another state off my running list.
DeleteSo sorry to hear the news. I believe everything happens for a reason, corny as it sounds, so you might find that this works out for the better -- especially given all of the HUGE life stuff you have going on right now!
ReplyDeletei totally agree! i'm just taking this as the universe telling me this isn't my year. while i'm sure i'll be pouty when marathon weekend rolls around, i'm at peace with it right now.
DeleteI'm so sorry. :( That has to be so disappointing. Hopefully you are able to find another race that excites you just as much.
ReplyDeletei'm pretty excited for the half marathons on my list, so prepping for them is keeping me distracted from feeling too sad haha
DeleteBummer! The good news is - there are lots of other amazing races out there! :)
ReplyDeleteagreed! there's no shortage of fun races and i can always try again for a marathon at a different time!
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