tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142727430493902143.post7859535253563002195..comments2023-03-21T15:47:09.828-05:00Comments on The Queen's Life: CourageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142727430493902143.post-66848571697311570582012-04-05T08:45:32.250-05:002012-04-05T08:45:32.250-05:00As a voracious reader of all things running, I am ...As a voracious reader of all things running, I am often amazed at how quickly speedy runners tend to quit their races if things go to hell. Now I realize this is a broad sweeping statement, and is in no way ALWAYS true, but I just don't see that nearly as much in us slower peeps. We finish, even if it sucks. <br /><br />All this to say, you had a crappy race. You had issues that most of us never even have to THINK about. Yet you finished. That says a lot about who you are, and you should be PROUD that you finished (it impressed the hell out of me!). Sometimes the crappiest races are the ones that most show us what we're really made of.bobbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527731795745786604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3142727430493902143.post-90905228871117977872012-04-05T06:19:42.935-05:002012-04-05T06:19:42.935-05:00I am a BOP runner, some call us the back of the pa...I am a BOP runner, some call us the back of the pack, we like to call ourselves the best of the partiers, the thing about racing, we all train, we all do the miles, just some of us take alot longer to do them. Even though runners like me will never win a race, we still are winners because we did it, we did the miles, we crossed the finishline, we are still proud of our accomplishment <br /><br />Reminds me of a story I heard, I was out with friends practicing open water swimming, we were resting after a set, a newbie turn and said "sorry I am not as fast as everyone, someday I will feel like a triathlete." My friend said, "you know what they call the first person to cross a finishline? A triathlete. You know what they call the last person to cross the finishline? A triathlete."Big Daddy Dieselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07868041775049514011noreply@blogger.com