Instead, we ended up staying up till 1am catching up. While I was excited to see her, I let her know that I still had to rest up for my race.
And when heading home to Hawaii to spend time with loved ones following the loss of a family friend, I wondered how I would balance wanting to be present while also preparing to run a 3:30 50K, the qualifying time for a World Championship Team, at the end of the week.ĭay one in Hawaii, I landed in Kona and was picked up by a high school friend at 9pm after a long travel day. I have always been at odds with the part of me that knows what it takes to race at a competitive level and the part of me that wants to dive into life with an open mind and adventurous spirit.
But the flip side of that is leaving dinner parties before you're ready, skipping a packrafting trip, or hike with people who are important to you, having to say “no” to a spontaneous adventure. To bed by nine, disciplined training, well-timed nutrition, focused recovery. I feel like it can be easy to distill our lives down to the sacrifices we make towards achieving our dreams. It hit hard! Where do we strike that balance between striving towards excellence and stopping to smell the roses along the way? What do those goals mean if we aren't present in the rest of our lives? A few weeks ago, I heard someone say something along the lines of, "Set personal goals, but loosen your grip on them."
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