Sports will break your heart if you let them. That’s why I refuse to brood over an honest 11th place finish in a race that didn’t quite go my way today.
I LOVE your first two sentences. They show your wonderful strength - even amidst post-race exhaustion. You are incredible. I sat here with my husband, who has raced a bit in his day - usually 5k and 10k, but who loves to play all kinds of sports, and he was just as riveted as I. He was completely impressed at your finish, and of course so was I who has never been in an offical race, except for a 5k walk race (which my husband won - abandoning me as soon as the gun went off, after assuring me all morning not to bring my Walkman, since he would "stay by my side the entire time".)
You should be VERY proud. Unfortunately there can be circumstances that we cannot predict that affect us, and sometimes luck is the lady of the day, isn't she? I hope you enjoy the rest of the night and that Boy Wonder feels better. GO YOU!!!
HA! Competitive people are such traitors! That was a very funny scenario you described. And winning 5K's can be very hard-- the pace is fast! A different race than this, for sure...
Also traitorous, Skeletor lady was being nice as pie up until the finish, when she wiped the smile and pummeled me.
I'm glad you both read and enjoyed. If it weren't fun I wouldn't do it. : )
I'm so in awe of your get-up-and-go! It sounds like a wonderful exprience all around - even if you didn't win - you lived in the moment and then came home and wrote about it! Awesome.
My son went to his first track and field day yesterday. He didn't win a thing and felt badly about that. I reminded him that only five kids from his whole school went (no one placed) and by just participating he was ahead of the other 75 kids in his class. I'm just glad he's out there putting himself on the line. But these little life lessons are on-going and not always fun.
Aww. That's a sweet story. Yes, it is possible at any age to feel very much like the kid who didn't win! I still go there sometimes. Learning to love the experience is definately an elusive lesson one can learn over and over and over. When I go into it with that pureness of heart, I actually perform much better.
Interestingly, writing about the race made me realize how much I did gain outside of the top ten. Feeling badly about it (in the right measure), like your son did shows a lot of heart and determination too and that *can* be channeled positively. Otherwise, we'd all have to give up just because the 4 minute mile has already been run. ; )
In my happily exhausted state, I finished reading the DaVinci code, and when I got to bit of fluff Dan Brown had reserved for the ending, I thought he totally botched it. He truly would have done better to have outsourced it to one of our veteran fluffers, such as yourself! Maybe you can write us a happy alternate? Or a little follow-up? Just kidding.
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You should be VERY proud. Unfortunately there can be circumstances that we cannot predict that affect us, and sometimes luck is the lady of the day, isn't she? I hope you enjoy the rest of the night and that Boy Wonder feels better. GO YOU!!!
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Also traitorous, Skeletor lady was being nice as pie up until the finish, when she wiped the smile and pummeled me.
I'm glad you both read and enjoyed. If it weren't fun I wouldn't do it. : )
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My son went to his first track and field day yesterday. He didn't win a thing and felt badly about that. I reminded him that only five kids from his whole school went (no one placed) and by just participating he was ahead of the other 75 kids in his class. I'm just glad he's out there putting himself on the line. But these little life lessons are on-going and not always fun.
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Interestingly, writing about the race made me realize how much I did gain outside of the top ten. Feeling badly about it (in the right measure), like your son did shows a lot of heart and determination too and that *can* be channeled positively. Otherwise, we'd all have to give up just because the 4 minute mile has already been run. ; )
In my happily exhausted state, I finished reading the DaVinci code, and when I got to bit of fluff Dan Brown had reserved for the ending, I thought he totally botched it. He truly would have done better to have outsourced it to one of our veteran fluffers, such as yourself! Maybe you can write us a happy alternate? Or a little follow-up? Just kidding.
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