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Gretchen Gordon's avatar

2nd master's finisher overall and first female master's finisher! Eleven years older than anyone who finished ahead of you! At an event that clearly self-screens for strong ability. I'd say that's an impressive performance. 62 yr old sending cheers from Maine.

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Jennifer O’Connor's avatar

Boy Sarah, I get it! I’m sorry you didn’t reach your stretch goal, but cut yourself some slack - those conditions were insane! This is the hard part about going back to events where we had success as younger athletes - if we’re just focused on numbers, like # of laps or finishing time, it’s easy to get down on ourselves and think we’re degrading. But look at it this way: you matched what you were able to do as a younger athlete and in worse conditions! That’s cause for some amount of joy. I suspect what’s really getting to you is your loss of interest and motivation during the event. That whole “what’s the point?” feeling. We can’t control when that feeling happens; all we can control is our response. And you responded by taking care of your need for food and then gutting it out and finishing what you started. Sounds pretty much like a win to me.

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