Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best
Every race means a new goal and a new challenge. I’m not always ready for them.
I have been training to run a 5k for the past few months. I set a pretty aggressive goal time for myself, and I prepped like crazy to hit it. Unfortunately, as the race got closer I saw my hopes of achieving my goal slipping away. My times were improving incrementally, but I wasn’t nearly fast enough.