The Race That Wasn’t…SA RnR 2016

At the end of September, after my last tri, I’ve been really focusing on my run training because I was supposed to be doing the full marathon in Houston in January. I was going to use the SA RnR 13.1 as a warm-up to see where I was. Then things changed and my friend I was gonna run the marathon with needed to defer her race. I was not full-heartedly committed to running the marathon in the first place, so when I got this news, I quickly changed my goal from the full in Houston to the half. Now the goal is to see if I can get a PR for my 13.1.

Quick snap at the expo

Such high hopes I was gonna be able to run.

I was excited to see the new course for SA since it was a supposedly flatter, faster course. Alas, the weekend before the race I felt the dreaded nasal pressure and lethargy setting in. I was getting sick. I tried my best to talk my body out of it and starting downing the liquids and eating all the food to try to kick it out of my system, but no such luck. Luckily, in the grand scheme of things, it was a relatively minor head cold and by Saturday I was actually feeling pretty good and was looking forward to running on Sunday. I went to packet pick-up and did a quick walk through of the expo, all the while trying to stay positive that the rain that had been lingering around would miraculously stop for race morning.

Race morning came bright and early and I looked at the radar and what I saw was not encouraging. It looked like it was going to start to rain right when the race was supposed to begin. I was feeling great and I knew I would be able to run, but did I want to risk making myself having a relapse or getting sicker when Houston was only 6 weeks out? After much debate with Brian in our warm, comfy bed, I decided to call it. I texted Aixa and told her we were out – she didn’t provide much resistance since she was not fond of the wet weather either. I then texted my coach and told her I was out and wished her good luck and promptly went back to bed!

So, that’s my race that didn’t happen. I’m bummed I missed out but I’m now looking forward to Houston in January!