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QT: Finishing Place is Largely Irrelevant, Even if You Finish Last

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One thing that many runners struggle with, at least on occasion, is playing the comparison game.

The comparison game can be played on a variety of different fronts.

Pace. Mileage. Finishing place.

Whatever the metric, playing the comparison game isn’t a good thing.

It doesn’t matter if we are talking about social media, a local 5k, or a high school cross country meet, the only person you should be comparing yourself to is yourself.

Sadly, that’s easier said than done.

On pretty much every front. Read more