Last year on Monday after IMLP, a young woman at the Golden Arrow was in tears sobbing on her cell that she just signed up for IMLP 2009 and that the date, unbeknownst to her until the last minute, was the same as her brother Chad’s (?) wedding…July 26th, 2009! The twist is/was that she thought IMLP was July 19th, 2009 and she talked Chad off that date as it would conflict with the IMLP…so Chad took the 26th. I believe the conversation concluded with I can’t make the wedding as I just signed up for IMLP 2009 for the July 26th date. This story was later corroborated on the message boards somewhere as when this young lady was in line Monday AM to sign up and the date “change” from the 19th to the 26th was announced/recognized by her, she was nearly inconsolable until two fellows in line behind her convinced her to sign up for IMLP and honor her drive to do Ironman 2009.
More of a curiousity issue as IMLP’ers enjoy taper madness if anyone knows how this drama ultimately unfolded? From time to time I share this saga and conundrum with other Tri folks with mixed “Here’s what I would do…” to this dilemma.
Don’t want to breach anyone’s anonymity but certainly wonder if this issue was reconciled with a happy ending or is it a difficult Thanksgiving at their household…
If her name was Chrissie she would be able to do the race, shower up, and make the wedding with time to spare. Plus she whould have a bit of coin in her pocket to give a nice wedding gift.
I would be so pissed if my sister missed my wedding to compete in any kind of amateur sporting event, unless it were my third or fourth wedding, then I’d say I’ve earned a few no shows.
I would be so pissed if my sister missed my wedding to compete in any kind of amateur sporting event, unless it were my third or fourth wedding, then I’d say I’ve earned a few no shows.
If it was her shot at Kona I could possibly understand, but not a general entry race. It’s not like she trained all year and then at the last minute found out she’d miss the race.
I would be so pissed if my sister missed my wedding to compete in any kind of amateur sporting event, unless it were my third or fourth wedding, then I’d say I’ve earned a few no shows.
If it was her shot at Kona I could possibly understand, but not a general entry race. It’s not like she trained all year and then at the last minute found out she’d miss the race.
There would never be a good reason to miss a sister or brother’s wedding. At least not in my eyes. maybe if I was in a coma…
Does she have to go to the church? Maybe she could just go to the reception after. No there is no reason to miss a family members wedding even if it was Kona. Well maybe for a REALLY BIG WEDDING GIFT!
Throw a party on your 10 year anniversary for the 100 people that were supposed to show up for the wedding. That’s a good reason to party. I prefer if my free weekends are not sucked up by weddings that may or may not make it past year 2. However, I would drop everything to show up for a sibling’s wedding including an Ironman, but for anyone else, I’m likely blowing off the wedding to go race, but will drop any race in a heartbeat for that person’s 10th anniversary party.