You Aren’t Always Going To Succeed.

I was recently thinking back to my previous marathon cycles and training blocks and realized how proud I was that I always managed to nab a PR. I took pride in that fact and honestly while I knew I would eventually NOT have a PR race, I also secretly kept pushing that aside. I mean- I still managed to hit a 1 minute PR in Eugene during terrible stomach issues!

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Then, I had a lot of life changes/stress/goals shifted and I found myself crossing the finish line of TWO races where I did not PR. I thought I was prepared and held onto my past ‘wins’ in the PR department (so I guess you could say that I was overly confident 🤪). When I crossed both of the finish lines it was tough. I hadn’t anticipated ’failing’ as much as I had and while both had crazy weather conditions, it was mentally tough to go from ‘confident’ to ‘crushed’

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So maybe your goal was similar to mine and maybe you crushed them (YAY!) or maybe you burned (join the club!), know that it’s NORMAL to not always succeed. You won’t always come out on top (& if you are- is there a bigger goal in store for you to chase?) and that’s ok. I haven’t yet hit my ‘A’ goal in over two years, but that doesn’t mean I’m any less determined or passionate about hitting it (I’m actually MORE SO!).
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  • Anyone else ever have a similar experience?!?

  • New goals that you’re chasing for the year?