For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running everything through your mind. You're always competing against preconceived ideas. It's not really the person next to you that you worry about.
I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.
You know, sometimes the little victories that I have throughout the season are not necessarily obvious on the track. Maybe they're another aspect of what I'm doing, winning little victories here and there to get everything in line to be able to perform from top to bottom on race day.
Once in a great while I miss the racing, the feeling of winning. That rush. That adrenaline.
I've lost a lot more races than I've ever won... it's all part of the journey, really.
I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment - but you have to be positive.
I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.