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