Feeling the growl again
Me: I want to run the Leadville 100-mile race one year.
Her: Uhhh.
Me: ??
<<no reply>>
Me: 9000 ft up to 12000 ft
Her: Once again, uhhhh.
Me: Not next year, but some time.
Her: : I
Me: You get a really cool belt buckle for under 25 hours!
Not no is yes, right??
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Yes. I'm experienced at this so I know.
Not at it at all.
You guys are both wrong. Not no does not mean yes. It means "I'm not gonna stand in your way of this, but i'm going to make you feel guilty about it and make sure I deep sigh every time it's brought up." Basically, it means "I'm going to make this as tough as possible for you, but you do what you want."
Just sayin, you know...as a woman.
Pitch it as a chance to take the family to Colorado for some clean air, pretty views and vacation time before/after the race and you are solid.
Works every time.
And I didn't see any objection from the texts, but knowing your better half I expect you need never mention that you're tired or sore or hurting while training. Unless of course you enjoy wearing whatever is closest to being thrown as a hat.
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Me: I want to run the Leadville 100-mile race one year. Her: Uhhh. Me: ?? <<no reply>> Me: 9000 ft up to 12000 ft Her: Once again, uhhhh. Me: Not next year, but some time. Her: : I Me: You get a really cool belt buckle for under 25 hours! Her: : I Not no is yes, right??
I had a similar conversation with my wife this weekend, except mine ended with a clearer decision of "you can go be stupid if you want to, but I'm not coming."
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You guys are both wrong. Not no does not mean yes. It means "I'm not gonna stand in your way of this, but i'm going to make you feel guilty about it and make sure I deep sigh every time it's brought up." Basically, it means "I'm going to make this as tough as possible for you, but you do what you want." Just sayin, you know...as a woman.
My wife is actually a very supportive type. She's tolerated a lot of shit for my running and doesn't use it against me. That's part of the reason I voluntarily back-burner it most of the time now.
I took it as more of a "100 miles is batshit crazy. It's beyond stupidness that I can fathom. I'm afraid you are going to break yourself and leave me trying to manage these 3 little kids."
That would work if I wanted to wait until I was 38-40, ie when the kids were older and easier to manage. I think I would need to wait until 2016 at least, if I wanted to pull that one. I'll have to think about it. Maybe a week driving around Utah then leave her with her cousin in Salt Lake for a few days while I went off to be stupid or something.
I would have to skip my annual elk hunt the year I did this, but that is an acceptable trade-off.
I was looking at altitude tents last night. DAMN, those are expensive. $8000 to buy, really?? I would probably need to rent one for a couple months (what, $2K).
Candice, "Yes, but I am going to mentally torture you." is still a "Yes".
That would work if I wanted to wait until I was 38-40, ie when the kids were older and easier to manage. I think I would need to wait until 2016 at least, if I wanted to pull that one. I'll have to think about it. Maybe a week driving around Utah then leave her with her cousin in Salt Lake for a few days while I went off to be stupid or something. I would have to skip my annual elk hunt the year I did this, but that is an acceptable trade-off. I was looking at altitude tents last night. DAMN, those are expensive. $8000 to buy, really?? I would probably need to rent one for a couple months (what, $2K).
Utah is good.
Altitude tent eh. Hell we can build a substitute. You already have camping gear so all we need is some sheet metal, aluminium box tubing, a couple of good vacuum pumps and a welder and a couple of cases of beer. I figure one weekend and about $500 bucks.
Very eerily familiar. It's either in the female DNA or it's passed along from mother to daughter.
Oh and you shouldn't share the playbook. We husbands/boyfriends might catch on.
Somehow, beer+altitude tent construction sounds like a good way to develop a Darwin Awards entry.
or an episode of Spike tv 1000 Ways to Die.
Say, don't you have a neighbor that would be a good test subject? Just sayin.
She didn't say "Fine", which basically means I am thoroughly pissed you even asked and of course you can't you idiot. That's something. However I agree with Candice, she'll be planning her preventative tactics right now.
"Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
Their dogs, anyways.
Of course, then they might be able to run faster and I would have to lead them more...
Just a dude.
I think my wife would be more unhappy with me sleeping in an altitude tent than letting me go to Colorado for a few days.
I wonder if there would be a way to adapt one of those sleep apnia masks to remove oxygen... /shrug...
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