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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BIL’s wife should skip marathon. [/quote]

Why?  She probably started training for it way before these in laws decided to plan a wedding in the middle of the day on a Friday.  You don’t just wake up one day and decide to run a marathon.  I think it’s up to the BIL to figure out childcare — not on his wife to give up a long term goal. [/quote]

It's inherently indulgent and self-involved. [/quote].

That’s right granny. How dare a woman participate in a sport men have done forever. It requires training and travel that take her away from her family. How dare she ever do anything that doesn’t directly benefit her dh or dc. She needs to get back home and get in that kitchen.

Or are you the poster from a few years back who thought your dw was cheating on you while she was marathoning with a male friend?[/quote]

I would find it selfish for a dad of kids those ages to do this also. That’s a lot of time spent away from spouse and kids that is just entirely for oneself.  Very, very selfish for a parent of such young children to train for a marathon. 
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Go look at a sample marathon training plan. Other than the “long runs” (which are normally done on a weekend day, and are red letter days on the training plan), it’s not tons of time. It’s discipline and commitment. Are you seriously arguing that a parent working out is “very very selfish”? You can’t seriously believe the stuff you’re typing, right?[/quote]

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