Dear James, Daniel and Emily
Today is my Rest day from running on my new training schedule. Which is good as the air is smoky from the Black Forest fire.
Yesterday I went and picked up packets for myself and Jimmy. And asked the folks if they had a plan for Saturday. The immediate concern was air quality, would it be too hard to breathe on race day because of all the smoke. And I pondered telling Dad and Jimmy to forego the race for that reason (last thing they need is lung damage.)
But later on I started thinking about all the other things that go into a race. Volunteers and organizers, were any of them evacuated, would they be able to get there on Saturday? Would the police be available to block off the streets for the race if they were needed up north to help police the evacuated areas etc.? I kind of take all that for granted, but that's a lot of resources (I know I pay for it, so it's not like I am getting it all for free) to mobilize. And when there is such a huge emergency going on I wonder if those resources will be available or even if it makes sense to expend them on a race.
So my dream of a 3 generation race may be put on hold (maybe they can join me for the Half on the 4th? Just kidding). I'm not worried, you cant swing a dead cat on the weekends now without coming across at least a 5K fun run, so I will find a replacement if it comes to that.
If the race goes off I will run, but at this point I kind of doubt it will. Which is okay, because while I enjoy the races as a kind of bar setting they are not why I run. I run to run, not to race.
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