Not running

I'm not going to be running either guys. Sorry, but good luck!

Stress fracture...

Yes, the race is upon us! Super excited to see all of you! I do have some bad news though- I have a stress fracture in my right foot :(

My foot has been bothering me for a long while now and I finally went and got it checked out. The doc did an xray but normally stress fractures don't show up on xrays... They wanted me to do an MRI to truly diagnose the fracture but I didn't want to pay for that, so I didn't actually get the MRI done. I asked what they would do for me if it was a stress fracture- they said to just stop the repetitive motion of running for 6 weeks and then slowly start with the activity again. I can handle that without having to pay money for an MRI.

I was so angry/sad about this though. I told myself that I was going to run anyway... My husband doesn't agree with me because he has to be the one to listen to me complain so much about the pain in my foot. Right now, I don't know if I will run the full 1/2 marathon or maybe I will just switch to the 5 k.... I still want to race after working and training for so long... But I haven't ran for like a week and a half now. I might try a short run tomorrow and see how it goes.

Just thought I would let you all know that I may or may not be participating :( But I will definitely be there to cheer you all on if I can't run!

Also- I forgot to mention my nice surprise- AMY IS COMING!!!!!!!!!! Yep, my amazing cousin, Amy, is going to be flying in on Thursday to cheer us all on! She is so much fun for the people who don't really know her- you will love her!

Lame-o

I've procrastinated so far… I'll figure it out tonight.

Staying arrangements

Good job Mannie and Carl! Matt and I will stay with you guys for that one night.... We will share the cost. Please let me know if someone else already asked to take you up on the offer. After that race, if we decide to go camping or whatever - Matt and I have a nice tent. Or if you guys want, you can stay at our apartment and we could try to rent the "guest apartment" for $40 if some of you guys want to stay there for the night.

Please let me know so I can make arrangements if need be. Camping or just staying in Rapid?!?!?!

Hotel

So, if Carl and I book a hotel room, does anyone want to share it with us? We were thinking about the Quality Inn in Spearfish and the rates for two queen beds compared to one king is the same, so we could reserve the room with two and fit a few more people in there with us. Would help with the cost too, looks like $122 a night. Let me know what you guys think!

Hotel

I vote hotel. I think Carl and I will look at them and get something reserved this weekend. Not sure where.

Decisions...

I agree with Mel, we need to figure things out! I thought we should probably get some hotel rooms for Friday night and then maybe camp saturday? I really would like to sleep in a bed before the run... just saying. What do you all think?!?!?