WTF! I cannot believe I had this conversation with my hubby today (and he's done 2 IM distances with me pre-kid so you would think he would understand). I'm doing my first Sprint Tri in 3 years next week (on super minimal training) and I told him that I was thinking about doing a local Oly in August. I was also telling him that I had been reading IMCDA post race reports and while reading I was having "missing it" feelings. My compromise (and decision) with having little one's and wanting to spend quality time as a family together is to choose shorter distance events. So when he says to me, "You're just getting all crazy because those women on that forum you read are making you want to race and be all competitive again. You're telling me now you want to do an Olympic Distance, then you'll tell me you want to do Troika then next IM".
I'm so pissed off right now I can't even approach a civilized conversation with him on this; gotta cool down first. A part of me wants to say "SO WHAT IF I DO"...give me a friggin break. We've lived and breathed his fishing (he LOVEs to BASS fish) tournaments for 3 years....perhaps its my time. Yet, I still hold firm to my desire to spend more quality time at home and I would really be satisfied with just sticking to shorter distance races. Heck, I don't even give a crap about being competitive right now, I just want to participate and finish. So what training I do end up doing isn't going to be super intense and structured. It would be 'do it as I can'. All I'm asking for is some support, maybe a little enthusiasm for me.....usually he's super cool and supportive....not sure what his damage is right now but man he's ticked me off today.
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I'm so pissed off right now I can't even approach a civilized conversation with him on this; gotta cool down first. A part of me wants to say "SO WHAT IF I DO"...give me a friggin break. We've lived and breathed his fishing (he LOVEs to BASS fish) tournaments for 3 years....perhaps its my time. Yet, I still hold firm to my desire to spend more quality time at home and I would really be satisfied with just sticking to shorter distance races. Heck, I don't even give a crap about being competitive right now, I just want to participate and finish. So what training I do end up doing isn't going to be super intense and structured. It would be 'do it as I can'. All I'm asking for is some support, maybe a little enthusiasm for me.....usually he's super cool and supportive....not sure what his damage is right now but man he's ticked me off today.
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Life is Short...Run Long