(Note: Obviously, the actual big running news of the day is the horrible tragedy from the Boston Marathon.
It was incredibly sad to see a sport I love, and a place that was such a lovely home to me (I lived a couple blocks from there) hit so hard today.
But, I was not there today. It’s not my story to tell. (Plus, I don’t want to bring any more attention to the people who did this horrible act.) So, here’s the original post I’d scheduled today:)
Keeping in the theme of being way late to the party on things –
By this point, you almost certainly heard about that.
In case you didn’t – runners had this unofficial Dopey Challenge at Walt Disney World where we’d run the Goofy (a half marathon followed by a full the next day), but we’d tack on the 5k before the races, and call it Dopey.
Well, Disney listened up, because they made the Dopey Challenge real! They added a 10k. So, now it’s 5k, 10, half and full on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. You get medals for each individual race, plus medals for Dopey and Goofy.
It looks incredibly fun. And I really do want to do it – and absolutely will one of these years. It’ll probably be a year in the somewhat near future. (And maybe I should’ve done it this year, because if there’s one thing I’ve learned about life, it’s that you should do stuff while you can do stuff because you never know what’s happening next.)
I was on the fence SO much about this race. I had the time of my life at Goofy last year! Really. It was incredible.
But honestly, that’s one of the reasons I’m not going to do it this year. I had SO much fun at Goofy, I just want to hold onto that memory for one more year, exactly as it is, without comparing it to anything else.
Also, I’m really not sure if/when this kidney surgery is happening. Originally, I was hoping to have already had surgery and then make this race a goal, knowing all the training would help me to heal and be healthy. But, that didn’t happen. So, I’m just not ready to commit to a race in January.
I’m also in the “year of responsibility,” and even though I now technically have enough money to do it, I don’t have enough of a little cushion built up. And who knows where I’ll be working when my current show is over. So, while I could’ve technically swung the money to go, I didn’t necessarily think it was a smart idea – or the very best use of that money.
I have other dreams besides running. I’d like to possibly go to college one day. I’d definitely love to become a professional writer (and I take classes and things to improve in that area). So, there’s other stuff I could spend my money on. Heck, even if we just think of fun and not responsible things – New Kids on the Block is coming to the Staples Center this summer with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men. What!?
So, I decided no on this year. I will do it. But I will not do it this year.
But, I wanted to go ahead and shout on my blog that it exists – even though I’m sure you all probably knew that by now.