Spousal Support

We've all no doubt spent our summer training hard for the upcoming race season. No one understands more than I do what kind of commitment distance training takes, except maybe my husband. If your spouse is anything like mine, they have put up with countless evenings, weekends, mornings and sometimes afternoons, alone while we run and rest our tired bodies. Although we are certainly the ones putting in the physical effort, the sacrifices made do not fall on us alone. Our families, friends, and sometimes even our jobs take a back seat to the miles on our feet. The payoff for us is crossing that finish line and feeling like a superhero, but what do they get for all that they've endured?

As an effort to include our families and friends in our success, we have decided to sponsor a water station in the upcoming Women's Half Marathon on November 22nd. The idea for this water stop is to have our spouses, family, friends or anyone else who has supported you during your training to be at this water stop cheering on the runners and providing much needed hydration. Making them feel needed and appreciated will hopefully give them the reward they so deserve for helping us be our best and achieve our fitness goals. And you never know, maybe we could even inspire them to get out there and run too.

So if you have someone who would like to volunteer please let me know. I will be organizing this water station and managing the volunteers. My husband has already committed to it which makes me hopeful that your's will too. We will need approximately 10-15 volunteers to keep up with the thousands of runners who will be out there racing!

Selfishly, I can't help but think of how great it will be to see my husband and your's around mile 8 smiling and sending us all the love we need to get through the next 5 miles. It may even require a 30 second walk break just to soak it all in. (Don't tell Lynn!)

email me at jackie.e.macaluso@gmail.com or post a comment on this blog. Thanks all!