I admit it I'm a perfectionist and I over commit myself. This leads to all kinds of stress. So once in a while I end up dropping the ball. And while that can be frustrating and sometimes embarrassing but fear not, by removing the fear of failure we are free to do as well or as poorly as we would like.
I recently ran a half marathon during a rather busy week at work and in my personal life. I hadn't run in about a week and a half. So I was unsure how I would actually do. There is the chance that I would have run really really well and run a PR or run really poorly. Unfortunately I ran much worse than I would have liked. But hey, I finished without injuring myself.
But I got to thinking about why I didn't meet my own expectations and why that bothered me so much.
I recently ran a half marathon during a rather busy week at work and in my personal life. I hadn't run in about a week and a half. So I was unsure how I would actually do. There is the chance that I would have run really really well and run a PR or run really poorly. Unfortunately I ran much worse than I would have liked. But hey, I finished without injuring myself.
But I got to thinking about why I didn't meet my own expectations and why that bothered me so much.
- Not every effort can be your best. There is a prioritization of time and energy that needs to be applied and your end result will reflect that.
- Preparation+preparation makes a big difference. In this case, I was going through bad dehydration and I went out (for the first 5 miles) at a pace that was about 20 to 30 seconds faster than I should have.
- It really doesn't matter as long as you learn from any mistakes or have some sort of improvement opportunity. In fact, that makes it worth it.
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