Update with EMT

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Registered: 03-19-2008
Update with EMT
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Mon, 11-24-2008 - 8:01am

After a rough week things kind of settled down. Getting used to being in a relationship is slow going. I like things moving slow though. If it goes too fast I get scared. A lot of the stress I have been having is from the upcoming holidays the race and the relationship moving a bit fast.


I asked him to watch me run a race on Thanksgiving morning but I am regretting it now. My running group runs faster than I do and I struggle to keep up with them on the hill which is where EMT and a few others will be watching the race from. I will be embarressed for EMT to see me struggling to keep up with older runners. So I am looking for reasons for him not to come. Bad I know. I should just appreciate the support. Or maybe I should just kill myself to keep up with the others.


I opted out of doing Thanksgiving dinner with him. He wanted to do it at his house but it would have been too many people in too little of a space. Plus my kids like to cook so I am just doing it with my family at home. I feel bad about not being with him but I hate large groups especially in small spaces and a lot of people I dont know. That and I hate holidays to begin with.


Relationships are hard work.


Laurie

anonymous
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Mon, 11-24-2008 - 10:40am
I applaud your decision to do what you want on Thanksgiving.
Cat
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Mon, 11-24-2008 - 11:20am

mom_uk2socal - Mom to DS22, DS19, DD16

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Mon, 11-24-2008 - 12:35pm

Good luck on your run, Laurie.


I think that no matter HOW well you do, what is awesome is that

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Mon, 11-24-2008 - 6:28pm

I agree, relationships sometimes are hard work. But the pay offs are wonderful!


I second that.

Cat
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Tue, 11-25-2008 - 6:46am

Oh I so agree about the teen issue. The last thing they want is to be dragged away from thier friends on a weekend two hours away to hang with people they dont even know. Maybe if there was a rock concert or an amusement park involved it would be a different story. I agree that if you know youre going to be miserable why concede and go. I wouldnt want EMT to do something that would make him miserable just to be with me. I would rather go alone.

Stick to your guns.

Laurie

anonymous
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Tue, 11-25-2008 - 6:58am

Thank you. I just tried talking him out of watching me run. But he wont have it. He insists on going. I am going to suck big time. I kept up with the fast women (they are older too) on our training run Sunday now I am paying the price with sore hamstrings. Oh well, looks like I am going to suck in front of EMT and thousands of people. There are 12,000 people running this race and probably 11,999 passing me up.

Laurie

anonymous
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Tue, 11-25-2008 - 7:46am
A zillion years ago I lived along the route of the NY marathon. Yeah, it was fun to watch the people in the beginning, but it was more fun to watch the people in the middle and the end, because they were not 'professionals' and they were working so hard. I even saw David Lee Roth running one year...waayyy in the back of the pack. So if you feel bad, know even rock stars don't run that fast.
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Tue, 11-25-2008 - 11:42am

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