I can say with 99.9% confidence that I will never know what it feels like to compete at the Olympic Marathon Trials, but I cannot begin to imagine what it feels like to finish fourth -- the first person not to make the Olympic team. However, that is what happened to Kara Goucher on Feb. 13 in LA. Today my MilePost app quote was from her: "Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead." Considering I have been fighting a little bit of a hamstring problem, this quote hit home.
This story also hit home today. The good is what you mostly see on Facebook, twitter, Snapchat, etc. But what about the race you finish but didn't hit your goal? Do you share that or keep to yourself? Does comparing yourself to other runners do more damage than good? All of these are questions I have asked myself more than once but from now on I pledge to try and balance the good with the bad and the ugly because it makes me human, not a failure.
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