That 100k changed a lot of things for me. That race was not completed by me alone. It involved many hours of trail time with friends, lifting, an amazing crew chief (Wayne), friends who joined Wayne along the way at a couple of different aid stations, amazing volunteers (they always are no matter what race distance) and making new friends during the highs and lows you experience during that distance (or any distance that is new really).

“The only person you get to be truly hard on is you. It will take every ounce of your self-control to enforce that - not because it’s hard to be hard on yourself, but because it’s so hard to let people get away with things you’d never allow in yourself. To let them do things you know are bad for them, to let them slack off when you see so much more in them.”

Then it hit me. I’m focusing on the things I cannot control and am not focusing on what I can…my reactions and my attitude.

I was out on a long trail run and not feeling great. And something clicked ‘Good effort. Positive Attitude.’ Overcoming Getting Stated

And here I am on repeat but what can I control? Myself - actions, inactions, reactions, attitude, mindset. Same things as always.