One Race
Every time you turn your head to look at the person running next to you your Best Time becomes more difficult to attain. When you concern yourself with someone else’s race you take you eyes off your own and begin to veer off course. This is hack-running.
The Amateur Runner sees others a competition. Not enough room for everyone in the field, others become a threat. Too much at stake, too much to loose, excuses become part of the vocabulary as self-preservation is the name-of-the-game.
Keep running this way and you will never hit your stride.
The Experienced Runner is motivated by a different standard. It’s not the race of others but their own race that really gets them going. Here they are driven to give all they’ve got, holding nothing back and taking nothing away from others.
The field is big enough, plenty of room for other runners. It’s One Community. No threat, just fellow participants with whom you can find encouragement and inspiration.
Eyes straight ahead, keep running.
