Given that she responded favorably last time (remember, keep doing what works, don't do what doesn't work) I would call her and say "hey would you like me to bring the kids by to watch you run?" I think phrasing it that way takes the "pursuit" aspect out of it.
This race was out because it's pretty far away. I had asked her the other week and she pushed back on it with excuses-- "I haven't practiced much so it's going to be a bad run" ... "it's far away" etc. Realistically she's staying w/ family and I don't think she wants them to find out we're spending time together.
She did redirect and say there's another local event a few weeks later that we could go to instead of going to the one further away.
I think we'll send her well wishes since we're not able to attend this weekend, but I'll follow up on supporting her at the next one since that did seem to work.
Thanks
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