[SportiGrl]

<p>hubby and I signed on this together on our anniversary  ... it's a vacation of a lifetime and a shared first time experience ... very looking forward to it ...</p>
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<p>I get handed an injury I hadn't banked on but am hopeful it's not going to be (much of) an issue  *fingers-crossed* </p>
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<p>our goal was set to go out and enjoy the race and do the entire thing together ...  I plan to do just that  ... but each day we get closer to the race I am finding myself getting antsy and wondering 'what if?'  ... hubby is a darned good trail/ultra runner even though he isn't as immersed in it as me (yet)  ... I know he can keep his own with me ... even at my best ... but I don't know if he knows that and I want to push it at Tahoe and see what we're made of ... all this is in hopes that the altitude doesn't do a number on us/ all else being equal I believe we can tough out the inclines/declines and milage and heat just fine!</p>
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<p>so, what I am saying/wondering is if anybody else really has difficulty going into a race/competition and not actually planning to do their best?    we have a 14 hour cut-off and could be major tourists and just take it all in, including the adult beveages I hear will be on course, lol ... but I don't think it's in me to go that route (unless my foot flares majorly and I opt to hike the whole way, hahaha)</p>
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<p>I know hubby would probably enjoy it more as a tourist ... but I also know I may never get to go west and run in the mountains again and sort of want to give it my all and 'seize the day'   *sigh*    ... so, as the race gets closer I am imposing my goals/hopes on him and he seems to reluctantly be accepting the possibility  ... but he's a go-getter too, as he proved at the HOWL at the Moon 8 hr last summer  ... 90F+  day and his first event longer than a half marathon and he kicked out 39.75 miles!!!!   he was hardcore!   (he was hardcore at his one and only half-marathon too - trained for 2 months and pulled out 1:41 after never running more than 7 miles straight 2 months prior to the race and only having run a handful of 5ks  (yes, I'm proud of him!  )</p>
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<p>I did run easy and not have a problem with it when I did Philadelphia Half Marathon with my daughter for her 18th birthday .. but I knew her limitations and she was meeting them on that day  ..  I have always been like this, not having a problem with differences in ability/training but have difficulty in not pushing ones limits on any given day to do the best you are capable of  ..</p>
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<p>anyways ... I feel a little guilty that as the race draws near I want to push it and expect hubby to stick it out with me   ... changing the gameplan, if you will ... but I really think he's probably fine with it?  maybe?</p>
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[gumbee]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>SportiGrl</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/74519/tahoe-i-don-t-know-if-i-can-stick-to-my-goal#post_2006355"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>anyways ... I feel a little guilty that as the race draws near I want to push it and expect hubby to stick it out with me   ... changing the gameplan, if you will ... but I really think he's probably fine with it?  maybe?</p>
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<p>WWYD???   </p>
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I would drop him like a bad habit on the first climb </p>
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<p>I don't think it would come as a surprise to your hubby that you are having doubts and may want to change the game plan. Be up front and let him know what you are thinking. I would think he'd understand? After all, you are a predator on the trails. First sight of those hills and a shirt in the distance and the urge to run someone down will be strong.</p>
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<p>I also think he'd take just as much pride in your performance (running well) as he would his own?</p>
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<p>or not. What do I know?</p>
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[SportiGrl]

<p>heh ... gumbee ... he cracked up laughing when he read your first comment!</p>
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<p>I'm still not sure what I'll do ... and he may be the one leaving me in his dust if I am the one that falls apart due to injury or altitude  (I doubt that as he'd likely stick with me and waste away in margaritaville along our slow journey to the finish)  ...</p>
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<p>I really am still unreasonably hopeful that I can at least complete my first 100M at Oilcreek in October .... even though my current training milage isn't stellar  *understatement of the century*  ... and if I just stick to our plan I have a better chance of continuing my rehab than if I push my limits in the mountains of Tahoe  ... I want my cake and to eat it too ... so selfish ... I have to determine whether Tahoe is really a goal race  ... I still kick myself in the butt for deciding to try Boston '07 as a tourist and carrying a buttload of crap with me and wearing my heavyweight winter tights and long sleeve winter weight tech shirt and jacket  and how relieved I was at mile 17 finally seeing my family and shedding all that extra crapola  ... but it was too late at that point .. mentally and physically I was SHOT  ... and I have never let go of the doubt about my choice that day  ... perhaps I should convince myself that if I can't push a mountainous 50k to the limits 3 months before my debut 100M that I wasn't in condition for it regardless.</p>