1/20/15

If You're Not The Fastest, Why Run If You Can't Win?

Movie Madness 1/2 Marathon Tina Plantamura Frank Plantamura 2012

A child asked me, "if you're never going to win, why run in a race?"

And I feel like that might be a really good question, but a better question is:

As a runner, when do you feel like you have won?

Here's my answer.

When I finally ran my first mile straight through, I won.

When I surprised myself with a finish time that was better than I expected at my very first 5k race, I won.

When I stopped running for fitness and weight loss, and started striving to stay fit so that I could keep running, I won.

When I started to enjoy watching others accomplish their own goals involving running, no matter how different their goals are from mine, I won.

When I met unique, intelligent, inspiring, uplifting people at races and group runs, I won.

And the best part of this type of winning, is that I can win over and over again. Every time it feels like the first time.

So if you think you're a slow runner, consider looking at all the other ways you've won since you started running.

11 comments:

  1. To Get The Best Deal on Micro Pedi
    Simply go to http://micro-pedi.info

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yep. Very true. Thanks for this.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I figure even in a big race, there's only a few people with a real chance to win it, and they probably know who they are.

    Everyone else is just running against their own goals and their own demons.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I like your mindset, "don't run to be fit, be fit so you can run".

    That is an encouragement to me as I start chronicling my journey to health on the Mile 22 #MyStoryBag Blog.

    Thank you for the encouragement!

    Jason
    Mile 22 - Carry Your Achievements with You!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Very efficiently written information. It will be valuable to everyone who uses it, including myself. Thanks a lot! custom hospitality shirts

    ReplyDelete
  6. Activities express stronger words so accept what you see and fail to remember what you heard. What is the cheapest 144 Hz monitor

    ReplyDelete
  7. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete