Wednesday, June 4, 2008

*sigh* I'm 0 for 2 in marathon lotteries

First Nike. Now the NYC marathon. I came home from the gym tonight to discover that once again, I was not selected in the lottery. *sigh*

I'll admit it, I'm pretty bummed. The thing is - I actually didn't even want to do a marathon this year. After doing three marathons over a period of four months, I was BURNED. OUT. I wanted to take the year off just to do some fun, shorter races and focus on the half marathons in the fall (currently signed up for Disneyland Half and San Jose RnR, thinking about Big Sur as well).

I *heart* NY. I played there almost every weekend during my two year stint in Hoboken, NJ. So I started thinking about the NYC marathon and I thought, what the heck - if I get it, SWEET! If I don't, then I'll go back to my original plan. And then I forgot about it. But today Laura reminded me of the lottery and all of a sudden, I became really hopeful, excited, nervous, etc. I felt like I was back in high school waiting to hear if I got into my dream school, or in college waiting for my first job offer. ANYWAY - during work, I kept checking the website over and over again to see if the results were posted. I'm just glad that I went to the gym after work instead of going home to hit Refresh all night.

The one bright thing I can say is that at least I'm in for 2011. So yay for that! And I kicked off my half marathon training plan this week, more on that later...

Congrats to those that did make it in! Yes, I'm jealous but still happy for those lucky dogs...

8 comments:

Marcy said...

Don't feel bad chica! My butt got denied as well. What are you gonna do? There's always next year :-)

Tree said...

My friend did not get in the Nike, but I did - alas, we should have signed up as a team.

I cannot believe the number of races that have the lottery! CRAZY.

Three marathons in 4 months? Your body must have been spent.

Deene said...

take it as a sign that your body needs rest. it's always a bummer when you don't get in but yay for 2011.

Nitmos said...

That's a lot of marathons. I went through a similar stretch and was feeling really burned out by the end. I'm not sure who they are letting into NY though. Everyone I read didn't get in. Maybe they take an anti-blogger stance.

The Laminator said...

Sorry to hear you're not coming to NY for the marathon. It'd be cool to get some RBFs together...

Good luck with your half-marathon training!

Laura said...

Really sorry to get you all excited :( I checked all day long too and was thoroughly disappointed, if it makes you feel any better. And I will totally be there to cheer you on in 2011!!!

P.O.M. said...

I'm sorry you didn't get in. Glad you had another plan - sounds like a little marathon break might be a good thing. I love half marathons too. They are so fun!

Jess said...

Sorry for not getting in. If it's any consolation, I only know one person who got into NYC.

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