The reflection in the mirror
Well folks, this is gonna be a tough post to write. But I can’t continue living a lie. While I may come across as some badass runner chick, deep inside I know I’m a fraud. Run Boston? Me? Puh-leeze. Who the heck am I kidding?
This has been building up for some time, and with my recent injury, it all came boiling over. Fact is, I’ve become SOOO obsessed with running, I’ve let everything else go to hell. Housework? Couldn’t be bothered. I neglect my “in-the-flesh” friends for my online blogging buddies. I waste an inordinate amount of time reading running blogs, listening to running podcasts and commenting on running forums. I can’t remember the last time I read a book or magazine that DIDN’T deal with running.
Here I am a chef, yet now almost half the calories I consume are from ClifShots, ShotBlocks and chocolate recovery shakes. My food blog is woefully ignored, and I hardly ever participate in the personal chef forum any more. I need to heed Jodie’s advice and rediscover balance in my life.
So what does that mean? For starters, Eat Drink Run Woman will cease to exist. It’s had a good run — a full year — but I now must focus on other things. Who knows, perhaps I’ll rebrand it as “Eat Drink Lounge Woman.” After all, who looks happier, this woman:
…or this one?
I’m still not sure what to do about the North Olympic Discovery Marathon; perhaps I’ll see if I can switch my registration to the half marathon. However, I’m not even sure I’ll be up for that. I’m just looking forward to relaxing and taking up something that doesn’t cause me pain every day (I’ve always wanted to learn how to knit).
I’ll miss you all, but will be cheering for you from the sidelines.
All the best,
Betsy
April 1st, 2008 at 2:34 am
I’ll miss your blogging Betsy, but I can completely understand needing to find your balance again.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:08 am
I’m glad you are looking for balance. Your chef friends miss you.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:30 am
Oh Betsy … this was a tough one to read. but i hear you & know where you are coming from. i have a bunch of things to say to you – i’ll put them in an email. but what i’ll say right here for all to read is that you are not a fraud. you’ve been a huge inspiration to me & i know to so many other runners and readers of your blog. you have too much fun with this running – its one of the things i admire so much about you – that you go out and have FUN. you’ll be back. take some time. find your balance, get your groove back … boston is always going to be there. you can get there. i’m sending an email … i’ll miss eat, drink, run woman – if it comes back as something else, promise me you’ll let me know! xoxox suzanne
April 1st, 2008 at 8:19 am
Everyone else is being all serious about this, but it’s April Fool’s Day, and Vanilla just posted something similar that I KNOW is a prank. So… are you serious? Or joking?
April 1st, 2008 at 9:21 am
Sorry to see you go, but hope you get your balance back. To quote from another blog I just found “mold your running to your life, and not your life to your running”.
Good luck, and I’ll just add OvensToBetsy to my bloglines. 🙂
(http://thebalancedathlete.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-big-2007-aha-moment.html)
April 1st, 2008 at 9:55 am
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Is this like my husband telling the boys there was a fire truck parked in front of our house this morning? They were crushed to find out it was not actually there.
Nice one.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:39 am
Happy April fools day.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I know what you mean….when I was training for Goofy my house was such a mess. I hoped that once the race was done things might go back to normal but…er…I’m still waiting for that to happen. No more Eat, Drink, Run Woman though? Oh no! Please tell me this is an April Fool’s joke. Best of luck discovering a better balance in your life Betsy!
April 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Ohmigosh – I thought this was real, too!
Until I went to Half-Fast… funny, funny…
Glad that we’ll keep on hearing your adventures!
April 1st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
You almost had me. That was SO not nice.