Living already brings us challenges, twists, turns, and chances to “fail” and grow. Some people go further and seek out ways to push their edges. Kudos to them for being open to even stretching a little beyond comfort.
I am SO glad I don’t have to get up at 4:30 tomorrow morning and race 70.3 miles.
So glad.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not glad I did last week’s race. It didn’t go as planned — didn’t go well at all, actually — but it did go, and it was a learning experience. I am ashamed to say I didn’t complete the run. There were a lot of factors aimed against me — a late swim start and a 30-minute flat tire among them — but, ultimately, the failure was my own. I wasn’t as strong as I needed to be, and it hurt me.
Almost comically, before the race, the editor at the Windsor Times asked me to write an article about my experience. He would publish it in the paper; I would be in the news. Oh boy. I was excited by the prospect initially, but…
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