I guess when it comes to life there is give and take, when working toward one goal, sometimes another goal has to suffer. This is something I'm finding during the busy time in my life. Because I'm pursuing my dream and goal of becoming a college instructor, running races (which I love to do, any length) is going to suffer. In order to pursue my goal and dream of running my first marathon and eventually qualifying for Boston my goal to become a yoga instructor is going to suffer. It's the domino effect. But I'm okay with that, I've learned over the last two years to be patient and know that if it's meant to be, it will happen.
These are the choices we make in our life path though, right? I think I'll know inside me when the right time is to taper out of one goal in order to meet another. I'm feeling that now in fact, it's time to focus on teaching college and running a marathon, travel and babies will come later, one step and one dream and one goal at a time. Because within those, it's vitally important I maintain a strong relationship with my husband, God and those I love the most. And I'm at total peace with it. These dreams and goals have been handed over to God, they are in excellent hands.
So good luck to all you Super Bowl 4-miler racers in Wichita, I'll be sitting in a classroom while you are out running the race. I'm a teensy bit envious.
4 comments:
I'm not running either and could careless about the Superbowl..believe it or not...Just too much going on with the Marathon training and Soreness and slight injuries and such...keep your eyes on your goal and don't let things distract you from your goals..then change your goals when the time comes for new ones....runningman35.
uuuuuggggghhhh, the pain of having to CHOOSE. it's tough, and is definitely felt in the pit of your stomach similar to the stomach bug, but in the end, at least you realize that you CAN do it all...just not all at once. the day i had to give up my 12 miles for a last minute conference call was a sad one, but then again, running doesn't give me an income. i feel your pain. and i'm running with a massive head cold today (shhh...don't tell anyone...) hey, at least the title "cramping my style" didn't have anything to do with getting cramps...that's a good thing, right? right?
I thought about doing the Super Bowl run, but I'm not really feeling it right now....way to have your goals and priorities in line..
I may be out for the race, too, if I'm still sick. :( We each need two of us, so that we can do everything we want to do all at once.
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