Along with that comes more time that it will take for me to manage those responsibilities.
I am NOT going to take time away from my wife or my kids. God knows that they are my life. With this being the case, I need to leave for work much earlier. I used to run "much earlier" . . now I am going to need to run "much much" earlier. I guess that is why they make headlamps!
To fit everything in that needs to fit into my life (family, church, work) I am not going to run any long races this year. It takes so many hours. Hours that I don't have to give right now. I'm not going to quit running until running quits me. I am willing to make sacrifices to keep this "friend" at the forefront of my day. I am going to have to get up even earlier to log my miles (few as they may be).
I may never do another marathon. I may do 15 more. All I know is that I think about the one marathon I did do . . .every day. And if that is all there is in the cards for me . .I will have accomplished the accomplishment. And that just may be enough . . .yeah right!
These are the shoes I am looking to get for weekend trail runs this summer:
Brooks Cascadia 7