Not Good Enough

[jamesq]

2:33:54 is the official time. Of the guys in my age range, I did pathetic - 184th out of 199.

This is to be expected - I was the fattest person in the race.

When I did this two years ago, my time was 2:05:06. I was also 40 pounds lighter.

Today I am very sore and very creaky and feeling every minute of my nearly 42-years on this planet as well as every ounce of my 254 pounds.

Comments

[sagaciouslu.livejournal.com]

Not good enough? Bullshit. As one other person pointed out, I couldn't run that distance. Could you do better? Yes. Do you want to do better? Yes. In the meantime, stop beating yourself up for your accomplishments.

[catalytic.livejournal.com]

Dude, you finished the race! That alone earns a grand bow of respect from me. 184th out of 199? You were one of the 199! I mentioned your accomplishment to Ronya and she is deeply impressed. She honestly couldn't imagine running for that long, period, let alone establishing any kind of time signature for it.

Bravo!

[missymorgan1.livejournal.com]

pish-tosh: you said you were going to do it and you followed through, despite all the reasons you gave yourself not to. That's a pretty big achievement, right there.

[madeileen.livejournal.com]

Dam man, I am in awe that anyone enters those things! I personally would be completely pumped just to FINISH let alone not be last. Congratulations! That is an awesome feat.