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“I’m Better Than You” — Being confident in yourself doesn’t mean you have to be an ego-maniac
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Hello! My name is Cait, I'm a freelance writer and artist who is more than a little obsessed with running. The Arty Runnerchick is dedicated to connecting with other runners and those sweat obsessed through words and art!
Nice post Arty Runnerchick!
…your phrase should be as short and to the point as can be;
Shake-and-Bake!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qEwBi1NyBI
oh my gosh, flashback to those commercials!! lol
bahahaha. i so needed this. i always think like “I WILL finish this race with xx time or xx goal” and then i add a hopefully at the end. oops.
k. i need to work on channeling. I WILL run AND FINISH this ultra. Before that I WILL confidently TRAIN for it! haha. okay. i need some practice but i also needed to hear this post.
loved your comment on my post. siblings really are the best:)
haha…yea, we’ll just have to stick a gu or powerbar into ur mouth right after ur goal so u can’t add anything else.
jk.
awww, and yea, sibs are the best!
You are funny! yes, a rappers attitude….
In track, we used to sing a song to the tune of “I’m the King of Rock” it went like this…
“I’m the King of The Mile!!
There is none higher,
When I run by,
You call me Sire!!
…and I wont’ stop running until I retire.”
I totally agree with your post, and I remember the morning of my Boston Qualifier, and saying I hope to be done by 3:20, but I Knew I’d be done by 3:30, and then realized I was setting myself for failure, giving myself an “out”, and I needed to fully believe, and to ‘know’ that I could do a 3:20 as strongly as I believed in the 3:30. As it was, I finished in 3:20:00 exact, right on the button, and after ten years finally got my BQ. (I may just cry thinking about it.)
look at u busting out the lyrics!! awesome, but u kno that all-time BEST running song is cake’s ‘the distance’…just saying.
glad u liked the post and ur story right there proves the point! believe in that 3:20 and let it be, baby!! how awesome that u pinned it right on the nose.
Oh, this is such a great post! I like the way you look at self-confidence and also draw attention to the negative side effect of becoming an ego-maniac. It’s all about balancing it!
thanks meg and glad u agree!
I am not a self-confident person naturally so this post really made me smile – definitely scope for hitting a balance between the two extremes I think!
haha…yea, trust me self-confidence is something i think MOST women sort of need to keep on working on, it’s a journey.
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