I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to do something extraordinary.
Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.
Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?
When you’re a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it’s worth it, because it’s a way of living that is both moving and memorable.
When you recognize that failing doesn’t make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.
Running is not who I am; it’s something I do; it’s something I love.
Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.
Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.
Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds of the heart. Sometimes a workout sets you free.
The injured runner is like a recent amputee victim, continually forgetting that the limb isn’t there, crestfallen at each realization. What we need more than anything is a suitable prosthetic and an attitude adjustment.
By lifting each other up we lift ourselves up.
The Pre highlighted things I needed to tweak. I’m glad I ran there and found the things I needed to tweak and didn’t find those things out here.
It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn’t match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn’t what you hoped for, or what others expected.
You have a brand whether you cultivate it or not,” he explained, while opening a document to take notes. “You’re in the arena. People are watching. Having clarity around who you are, what you stand for, and how you want to be understood is not egotistical. It’s a chance to take stock of things and be intentional.
There’s so much more, but really it all begins with a willingness to see women as human beings worthy of thriving. The problems women and girls face need to be seen as human issues that everyone takes responsibility for changing.
This isn’t the ending I dreamed of, sure. But when you realize failing doesn’t make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.
She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. ‘Where did that calm come from?’ I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attachment to the result. It was valuing guts more than the win.