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Competitive Spirit

12/6/2014

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...placed 811th in the 2nd annual Totetum Shore 5k Fun walk/run, I had a sudden realization.

I might never win a race.

Like, EVER.

I am competitive by nature, and I find my self-talk during a run is often focused on doing more and better. Comedian Jim Gaffigan talks about it too: “when I’m working out I tell myself I’m going to do this every day. Then the next day I’m like ‘well, not EVERY day.’ Then the next day I’m like… ‘I’m happy with the way I look.’”

I watch my time, thinking about how I can run farther, faster, better. But I’m getting older, you know? Being competitive seems rather far-fetched. I am no longer at that place in my life, but my brain latches on to it, like it’s the only reason to run.

It’s not.


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