{"id":155,"date":"2008-09-04T17:52:21","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T00:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/?p=155"},"modified":"2008-09-04T17:52:21","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T00:52:21","slug":"its-not-you-its-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"It’s not you, it’s me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Running,<\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t know how to break this to you, but I think we need to cool things just a tad.\u00a0 NO!\u00a0 I’m not breaking up you, I swear.\u00a0 After all, we’re running Skagit Flats<\/a> this Sunday, aren’t we?\u00a0 And I just booked our spots on the Victoria Clipper for the Royal Victoria Marathon<\/a> in October.\u00a0 And you KNOW we’re doing Boston, baby!\u00a0 (In fact, I registered us yesterday).<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s just… well, this old gal is having a hard time keeping up with you.\u00a0 I’ve been skipping my gym routines just to get my sleep.\u00a0 My right calf has been barking at me.\u00a0 As I write this, I have an ice pack on the top of my foot (note to self: do NOT Google “foot stress fracture<\/a>“).<\/em><\/p>\n

Think about it — I’ve basically been in constant training mode since April 2006.\u00a0 Don’t you think we deserve a break?\u00a0 Actually, I don’t even consider it a “break” per se; I just think we shouldn’t be exclusive.\u00a0 I need to see others (Mr. Bike Ride, Ms. Yoga, Mrs. Swim, Mr. Elliptical).\u00a0 Don’t worry — I don’t like them more than you.\u00a0 In fact, they actually strengthen my feelings toward you.\u00a0 Remember that crappy 3-mile run we had the other day?\u00a0 By taking the next day off, I then was able to run a 5K PR.\u00a0 And by taking four days off after the Tunnel Marathon, I totally kicked butt during Hood-to-Coast, despite the vertigo.<\/em><\/p>\n

Believe me, I’m in it for the long haul.\u00a0 I just think it’s time to back off from such a strict schedule.\u00a0 Okay, okay; so maybe after Royal Victoria.\u00a0 I’m with you on wanting to try to BQ again.\u00a0 But I’m warning you — if I feel I’m not in tip-top BQ shape, I’m just going to run the marathon for fun.<\/em><\/p>\n

Forever yours,
\nEatDrinkRun(Mostly)Woman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Running, I don’t know how to break this to you, but I think we need to cool things just a tad.\u00a0 NO!\u00a0 I’m not breaking up you, I swear.\u00a0 After all, we’re running Skagit Flats this Sunday, aren’t we?\u00a0 And I just booked our spots on the Victoria Clipper for the Royal Victoria Marathon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[37,36],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness-musings","tag-running","tag-stress-fracture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}