To be a bit sad that my mum doesn't want to cheer me on at Race for Life?

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So I'm running the race for life later this year, and my mum has basically said that she doesn't want to come and cheer me on.
I've done it twice before and to give her credit, she has come before - with my dad and dp - to cheer me on.

But she's always complained that she's had to pay to park at the venue - so to make up for this I've never asked her to sponsor me - and has hinted that it's boring to stand and watch as she only sees me once.

So this year I've signed up again and said we'll go for a picnic afterwards to make a day of it. Again, I haven't asked her to sponsor me or to do anything. It's only a 5k, so I'm not running for long tbh.

I know I'm definitely running to raise money for the charity and not to show off, but seeing my family always spurs me on when I'm tired. So aibu to be a bit sad she won't come and support me?

Pop your name on the front of your t-shirt and spectators will cheer you on. Its a common thing for marathon runners to do.

LOL - none of my family even come and cheer me on when I run a marathon!

YABU its a bit childish to need parental support at one of these things. People run all sorts of races, week in week out, without needing mummy there with them. This includes the children in my athletics club.

YABU.

I don't even like sponsoring people for race for life. It's just a short run, that you can walk if you can't manage.

hatsybatsy - me too! Of all the races I've run over the years, my mum has only come to one (a 10k). I think she was sufficiently bored by that not to bother with halves and marathons!
OP, YABU. Races are dull when you're not running and, sometimes, even when you are...

Mix it up a bit and go for the 10k

What and make poor Mum stand around for twice as long? Hearing people talking about "running for charity" is tedious, receiving sponsor forms for people "running for charity" is tedious and watching people "running for charity" is even more tedious.

That said OP is entitled to feel a bit sad about whatever they want as long as they keep it to themselves.

Read back in the thread people the OP has said twice she is being unreasonable!

Now that we have addressed that, I have a thing about the Race for Life. 5k is a lot to some people to walk, if they are very overweight, recovering from something, have health issues etc. so if they manage it then great I will happily sponsor them. If someone is rubbish at running and works really really hard and manages to achieve running the full 5k or most of it, again I will be happy for them to have my money, but why oh why do people do it year after year and just walk it and have a laugh with their friends? 5k for most people as a walk is nothing, so why should I sponsor you for that? Yes it's a great cause I understand that, but it has probably taken me longer to earn the money I'm sponsoring you than it has taken you to do the race, so don't these people think they should put some effort in? If they cared that much do a bigger goal like 10k or something. I have happily sponsored a group of people who were just doing it as a walk in memory of someone, but I'd begrudge doing it a second time.

Sorry for the rant, it just gets me that everyone says 'oh good for you for raising that money', yes because asking friends and family again for donations so you can go for a walk in the park is really worthy of praise.