It is going to be a phenomenal summer, especially since I am now doing a 40K at Hocking Hills, I think I just got talked into doing the Ohio/Indiana Tough Mudder (more on that later), and of course training for the Columbus Marathon with MIT.
But, I'm just a single gal living off a reporter's salary in Ohio, and some of these events cost mucho dinero, especially with gas at $4 a gallon. (And at some point I need to buy some new furniture, and a new DVD player/Netflix streamer, and a new phone, and a new laptop, and and and...)
So, today I decided to bow out of Hood to Coast. I'm sad to do it, there are some really phenomenal people on the Spark team and I've always wanted to visit Oregon. After looking at the costs, in order to do Hood to Coast I basically would have to bow out of every other event here in Ohio. It's something I would have considered, except the Coasties and Ghosties have 11 alternates lined up, so I figured I'd let someone else have fun there while I tromp through the woods, the mud, and the streets of Columbus here at home, hopefully with my partner in crime!
After all, I'm young, there will be plenty of other opportunities!
Jess,
ReplyDeleteI hate to hear that you're bowing out of HTC, but as you stated we can't do it all. I hope that you'll be able to find some other events to fill your calendar with and of course there's always MIT; what a great group. Hope to see you in the near future. We need to get a C-bus Spark gathering together again.
Adios!
I know how you feel! I am still trying to put my race schedule together. No dinero is my main problem! I wish I could run everything! Have you done the Hocking Hills races before? The 40K?
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