Am I reacting out of all proportion here? Feeling gloomy and let down by friend of 15+ years standing. I did Race for Life a couple of years ago with a group of (sort of ) friends, more like acquaintances. Really enjoyed it. Last year, same group decided to do a 10K instead and elsewhere. I wasn't up to that so signed up for RFL again and 15yr+ friend asked if she could do it with me. So that's what we did. She proved more enthusiastic than me and turned up full of beans in official RFL tshirt. At the end she said we simply MUST do it again this year. So when the time came I signed up online, emailed her and she said she would sign up too, couldn't wait, looking forward to it etc etc. She texted me last week to say she hadn't signed up and she said she now had to work that day. She's just emailed me saying she has tried but can't change her shifts. Don't ask me why but I don't think she ever intended to do it. I think in these circs texts and emails are a bit cowardly - why not phone me? Now I will have to do the race on my own - I don't run it, just a fast walk. I know there'll be hundreds of people there but will still feel awkward. Feeling a right mardy-bum as we say in the north but also feeling badly done to. If you can't trust your oldest friends who can you trust? Sorry, that all sounds very self-indulgent. Am just upset and needed to offload. Any opinions?