A Little Competition Never Hurt Anyone

A Competitive Edge

Well, I keep trying to make time to finish up the recap from my first-ever half marathon.  However, mommy time keeps getting in the way.  I did want to quickly mention that upon my completing the Rock-n-Roll half marathon on Sept 18th, my hubby now is inspired/motivated to complete his first half marathon ever as well.

I'd like to say that he's inspired by me, but truly...I believe it's strictly a competition thing.  :)  We are funny, the two of us on our running.  You see, we NEVER get to run together.  This is a total bummer, because we have once or twice before have been able to run together (ie. when family members are in town), and we keep pretty good pace together.  However, we live far from family and don't really have any weekend childcare, so one of us ALWAYS has to be with the kids.  In the past, we've just sucked it up and trained on our own.  Matt's completed the half marathon training with me, but I was the only one to race.  This initially was the no childcare issue.  However, by the day of my race - we were able to find our part-time daycare lady to watch the kids.  So, Matt and I were able to enjoy the half together without the fuss and demands of taking care of the kiddos (son is 3 years old and daughter is 6 months).

But alas, now that Matt's seen and gotten a taste of my experience completing my first half - he is now wanting to pursue running one himself.  We chuckle about this, because we both know we can be competitive when it comes to logging our weekly miles.  Many times, I would go for a run (example, 6 miles), and he'd go after me making sure he'd complete the same (if not more miles).  And me, vice versa.  We are good for each other like that - keeping one another accountable. 

I must say, I am proud of him, too.  He always finds the time to keep active, keep in shape and feels it is important for both of us to stay this way.  We know we both feel better physically and mentally when we are active.  I hope that we find him the right half marathon to partake in soon, even if it stems from our own little friendly competition.  :)

Here's to happy running, Babe.