Adjusting expectations:
When runners come to the vol state,
they usually come with expectations.
The vast majority of them find that those expectations
are optimistic!
days 2 and 3 are when these expectations are either:
- adjusted, or…
- allowed to de-rail their race.
No one ever got to The Rock and regretted adjusting expectations and finishing what they came to do.
20 years later,
I still kick myself for dropping from my first attempt.
I came in thinking worst case scenario I’d cover 60 miles a day….
on the third morning I sat in misery at mile 104
(now I know it was a fantastic total for 48 hours at vol state!)
and made the call to head home.
It wasn’t that I was doing poorly, it was that my expectations weren’t being met.
If only I’d adjusted my expectations….