You snooze, you lose.

I had it all planned out.

My goal for 2009 was to run one marathon, which I did - the Las Vegas Rock 'n Roll. So, for 2010, my goal was to run two - the Seattle Rock 'n Roll on June 26 and the Las Vegas again on December 5. I ran the Seattle Rock 'n Roll half last year and had a blast.

So, I started training the week of February 21, 18 weeks out.

Then last week I'm at the brand new Earl's in Bellevue with my friends Leslie and Becky, the gal who ran the Seattle half with me and the Las Vegas half. She mentions to me that we need to sign up soon because it'll sell out, like it did last year.

Jinx.

She calls me later on that night and informs me that its ALREADY SOLD OUT.

I suck. I have no one to blame but myself. I knew it was going to sell out, and I just let it slip my mind. There is nothing I can do. They won't put you on a waiting list. You can't buy someone else's bib/registration and run in place of them. If you get caught, you're banned from their events for 3 years. There were at least 5,000 people who registered for but didn't run the Las Vegas! I could be a "marathon bandit" if I wanted to - just run without registering and hope I don't get caught, but nah. I could also register with American Cancer Society and be a part of their marathon training program, but I would have to raise $1250, and I have way too much stress going on with my job right now to take something like that on. Yeah I know, excuses.

Once again, I suck!!!