Proud of my mate

I'm just so damn proud of my wife. I know I said in a previous post that I was running the Walt Disney Marathon next month as part of Team CWD (children with diabetes). But I don't know if i mentioned my wife was doing it too. Well she is, and she's gonna do great.

To give a little background....I am the runner, she is the supporter. And those aren't my classifications, those are hers. Running does not come as easy for her as it does for me, and she has been satisfied to go to Boston or New York and cheer from the sidelines. She ran the Vermont Marathon several years ago as part of Team Diabetes, but she retired after that and has been happy to expend her calories in the gym in areobics or step classes.

But with the announcement of Team CWD last year, she saw a chance to come out of retirement and give it another go, and so it has gone. With the inclement weather outside (in Buffalo at Xmas time, the weather outside is oh so more then just 'frightful' - it's ghastly, hideous, horrible, vile, wicked, and just plain ol wrong (I got an early Xmas gift of a thesaurus)) she has been running at the gym, logging runs of 2+ hours.

Yesterday we went to the gym and she ran 3 hours!!! Personally, I got flagged a little more then an hour and a half into it with a low bg, and I limped the rest on an elliptical trainer (usually easier for me if I have a bad low bg).

As I fumed on the elliptical, I watched her run. And I realized that since my running has not been going well, I should take the opportunity to switch roles, to be supportive of her efforts. I'm gonna keep running, but i'm going to let her inspire me instead of the other way around.

Walt Disney World....here WE come.