To Race or Not? Hawaii 70.3

Go race. Hopefully there will be plenty of excitement to keep your mind off home. Leave your cell phone in transition and call when you finish.

I won't do the whole, "It's just a pet," bit, but your travel insurance provider probably will.

Hope Calvin keeps getting better and you have a great race!

We considered this, but Calvin does not board well.  He lost 5-6 pounds while at the hospital over the 5.5 days he was there.  Right now he is skin and bones (you can see his hips bones and spine protruding)so we need to get weight on him to help him recover and get stronger.      

I wouldn't go. It won't be much fun without your hubby. Or maybe you are very outgoing and can have fun wherever you are, even if you don't know anyone. I am not like that.
It's just a race. I never feel any obligation to do a race just because I paid for it. If I don't want to do it, I don't do it.
I bet you have a gut feeling about what you want to do. Just go with that.

I try to use the idea if it is easy and works out I should do it. If lots of obstacles come up it is a sign I shouldn't do it.

Two thoughts...do know others that will be there that would supportive and fun to hang out with?  If you choose not to do it is there another HIM that you could do more local that fits into the same time frame so your training works for it?

I think the gut check is a great one. I can tell you are conflicted. I hope the answer is clear to you and you have peace with it.

May Calvin continue to improve and put some weight on!

I wouldn't go. I would be worried sick the entire time about my dog and wouldn't enjoy the race. I'd feel horrible if I got "the call" about my dog and was several hours of flying away. You just got out of the woods with him, so I'd spend some time taking care of him and making sure he doesn't relapse.

I know how you feel. Our dogs are our "kids" too, and we just went through a harrowing medical experience with one being diagnosed with bone cancer and having to have a leg amputated. She's ok now, but we spent lots of time with doctors and her at the hospital. I was just so glad to get her home and back to being happy again. I delayed starting my IM training by 3 weeks because of it. I was a mess during that time.

Wishing Calvin a speedy recovery!

Since your dog is on the road to recovery, I would go for it.  And give yourself permission to enjoy the race and the trip.  

And if any of this has to do with being apprehensive about traveling to Hawaii alone, this is a good exercise.  A healthy adult should be able to travel and enjoy themselves  alone.

And if this has to do with guilt for leaving your husband - you staying home too doesn't erase that.  Then he might feel guilty for you missing the race.  It's a tangled web

Traveling alone is no problem, I do that all the time for business.

Yes, this is a tangled web!!!

I still have a few more days to decide....TriBike transport has to have my bike on Wednesday. 

giggle. 

But seriously, what made the trip appealing to plan?  Hawaii?  Hubby?  race?  Yes, a combination, but what part were you looking forward to the most?  Is that part missing if Hubby stays home?  or is that part missing if you stay home? 

Go for a looong run, come home for some Calvin licks, and find the answer