Susan Donnelly Ultramarathon Trail Runner. Motivational Speaker. http://www.susanruns100s.com
What's a Good Performance? Date : April 8, 2009
In a recent post about who was favored to win a race, someone recently wrote that I’d slowed over the years. Ouch. The author didn’t seem to have malicious intent and probably didn’t think how it would feel to read that, unsolicited, about yourself. He was just presenting an analysis of a few facts. Unfortunately, he was presenting a small, selective set of facts that inferred (or at least left any mildly intelligent reader to easily conclude) that I might win because I might be faster than the one other women registered (ouch for her too) and wasn’t expected to turn in a good time. Ouch, ouch, ouch. Pick a set of finish times out of context and that’s the picture you get. Technically, I have slowed at the one other race I run in the area. But, to put that in back in proper context, I have also been…
Running more than twice the number of races I used to. I love the sport and adore trail running. I’m willing to sacrifice good finish times (and possibly the respect of others, my cats, and the public at large) in exchange for staying uninjured and enjoying this gift I have as much as I can while I can. It makes me happy.
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