Decisions, decisions...

Sigh.

Well, there goes my half-marathon.

Okay, let me explain...after all, it is ultimately the decision I decided to make.

I was just shy of completing week 6 of 10 weeks of training...so I am super close to the "big day." I skipped week 5 long run due to illness, but jumped right back in to week 6 and was on track - then I had an eye appointment and everything changed.

I'm getting Lasik. Yippee!

How does that affect my half-marathon? Well, I'm getting it done this week! And I'm so unbelievably nervous. The doctor informed me that I couldn't run at all for a whole week after the surgery and then I could start running smaller distances after that. He told me that it was not a good idea to run 13.1 miles two weeks after having the surgery - which is what I thought he'd say. I could either decide to forgo the surgery, run my half, and then have the surgery later sometime in late May/early June. Or I could have the surgery now, recover, and run a different half sometime in May or early June.

I chose the latter, and though my explanations really aren't that interesting, here's why:

1. I really disliked the idea of wearing my glasses for the next 1+ month, everyday. Nonetheless, running in them. Silly, I know. But I'm a contact wearer- I hate my glasses, they give me headaches. And I'm suppose to keep contacts out of my eyes until surgery.

2. I had not signed up for the race yet, which was a huge deciding factor - if I'd already paid I would've for sure just run it. But seeing that I wasn't tied down to it, it was an easier decision to make.

3. Also, just last week I was wondering what I was going to do after my half-marathon was over...I want to keep training, but for what? I think I'm addicted to the training part...it keeps me going, the expectation and a schedule to follow keeps me accountable and I was actually kind of getting sad that it was coming to a close.

So, considering I've already run a half I wasn't as disappointed not running the one planned on April 30th. But regardless, I'm still bummed.

But again, I have no one to blame but myself, because I decided to do it this way.

So I think in the meantime, until I've had a sufficient amount of eye-healing-time to be able to push myself running, I'm going to work a little on speed by doing (hopefully) faster shorter runs, and focus more on some strength training - core and arms. That's my goal at least.

And that's my story.