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Re: does your SO show up to your races? (clicky poll)
2012: Running & Race Accomplishments:
2-12-12: Riverview Winter Fest 4 mile, 34:59 8:45 pace - 23 weeks pregnant
2-29-12: Leap Year 4 mile, 36:45 9:11 pace - 25.5 weeks pregnant
3-11-12: Corktown 5K, 28:33 9:13 pace - 27 weeks pregnant
3-25-12: Rock CF Island Half Marathon, 2:11:03 10:00 pace - 29 weeks pregnant
4-16-12 Boston Marathon, deferring to 2013
8-11-12: Run thru Hell 10 mile or 4.8 mile
9-30-12: Brooksie Way Half Marathon
10-21-12: Grand Rapids Marathon
11-22-12: Detroit Turkey Trot 10K
It depends. Some of the time he is running them too, so he's there of course.
He came to my last 10K, but that is b/c my friend bagged and it was an hour away and he knew I was being an Eeyore about it. He's been to 2 of my half marathons, the third was 2 hours away and I ran with a friend last minute, and we were staying with her parents so he didn't come to that one.
I like when he comes, but I don't expect it. I won't throw a hissy if he doesn't.
DD #1 born 9/07 ** DD #2 born 7/11 ** Operation Take Back My Body has begun 10/11
Upcoming Races
Gobble Wobble 5K 11/24/11 - Abington, PA 29:40
Superbowl 10K 02/05/12 - Allentown, PA 54:28 PR!!!!
Broad Street 10 Mile Run 05/06/12 - Philadelphia, PA 1:30:44
Rock and Roll Half Marathon 09/16/12 - Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia (Half?!?) Marathon 11/18/12 - Philadelphia, PA
Depends on his work/school/volunteer schedule. If he's available, he will come.
Of course, now that he's running more races, he's there because he's running too!
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Where is the NO option? I voted special snowflake.
DH came to my first 3 or 4 5ks, he's been to one half & one 10k. He hasn't been to a race in almost a year.. I race with my running group, or a friend, or my Mom & I get a hotel and make a weekend of it..so I don't mind that he's not there. His idea of a good time isn't standing around and waiting for me to cross the finish line, I don't blame him. Running isn't his thing, it's mine. He is supportive in that he "lets" me race anytime I want to. I'm racing 4 wknds in a row & he didn't bat an eye when I told him.
We do a lot of races together. But if one of us isn't racing we try to watch each other depending on where/when it is.
He missed a few 5ks I did in Jersey when he was living in NYC, and I didn't make it to a few halfs he's done.
This!
2011-2012 Races
10/29/11 LA RockNRoll Min Half (5K) 42:58
12/4/11 Vegas RockNRoll Half 3:14:53
1/7/12 WDW Half 3:13:42
1/15/12 RnR AZ 2:55:27 (PR!!)
1/29/12 Tinkerbell 1/2 3:22:37 (To many picture stops!lol)
Me:32 DH:33
IFV w/ DE Only Option (On Hold For Now)
We've been trying to do this more lately, so it's fun for him also.?
He works most weekends, and during the fall he's hunting every weekend he isn't at work.
But if he's not doing one of those two things, then he's there with the kids.
unless he's running too he doesn't come. I don't really care. I kind of like being on my own on race day. then there's no one setting the schedule except me.
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God love my DH, but I honestly prefer him not to come sometimes. If it's a larger race, he hates large crowds, and whenever he does come to one, it seems like it rains every.single.time and he just ends up being a grump. So, most times it's best not to have him there b/c he's a downer!
Now he has come to a couple ones where my dad came as well, and these were good b/c then at least he had someone to talk to and share in the misery of the rain
1. We both run the race
2. I run, he stays home w/ the kids.
or
3. I run, he brings the kids and everyone cheers me on.
I like #3 the best but if the weather isn't great or the race interferes w/ meals or nap times, he stays home.
I'm at the point where I could forbid my dad to come to any of my races. The two he's been at have been crummy weather, and he's been the one with the prissy schedule/cranky attitude and I've had sucky performances with him nearby.
I love your siggy pic! Such cuteness!
My DH has made it to all my marathons, but skips the smaller races. We have 2 5k's we run together every year, and this Spring we are running a half together (well, sort of together. I plan to smoke him, haha)
2012 Goal: working towards pre-pregnancy speed!
04/15 KI Metric Marathon/16.3 m (2:05:55, 7:43 pace)
05/06 Frederick 13.1 (1:41:09)
11/04 NYCM
Mine has come to every half or full I have done (except for one, he was traveling), he comes to most other races too, even though I tell him he does not need to for the smaller ones.
We call him my Sherpa, he carries a bag of stuff I may need and takes my extra layers. Every race is an adventure for him to see how many times he can see me on the course (even for NWM in San Francisco, he did it via public transportation, I was amazed at his success). He always drops me off, so I don't have to deal with parking or arriving early and standing in the cold.
However, he is never at the finish line. He does not like the crowd or dealing with parking, so he waits for me in the car near by and picks me up when I'm ready.
usually, he comes. i'm okay with it if he can't come, so long as there is someone else there that i know. more than anything, i worry about safety issues...like if something were to happen and i was injured, i would want a familiar face available.
Emerald Nuts Midnight Run (4m) 1/1/12
Coogan's Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks Run (5k) 3/4/12
Colon Cancer Challenge (15k) 4/1/12
Purple Stride NYC (5k) 4/21/12
Run to Combat Autism (5k) 4/29/12
RnR Philadelphia (Half Marathon) 9/16/12
Those were only because they were out of town and came along for the ride.
he and the girls have never missed a race and we've never missed one of his either (except for when we lived apart while dating.)
Like one of your options said, it's just how we roll.
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DH does this too, except he's always at the finish line and doesn't hop around on the course. He positions himself in the best place when I'm in the corral so he can cheer me on to the finish line.
When I race DH and I typically race together. However, he does lots of races that I don?t attend. We calculated that he raced about every other weekend last year. I will watch the larger races if I am not racing with him, but the smaller ones I sleep through. We have only raced together twice in the four years we have been together and those were huge races where DH was stuck in a back corral with me.
So far every race I have done and the races I have planned, he has done or is doing right along with me! So I guess the answer is yes, but not in the capacity meant by the question...