I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.
Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.
This is a business, and no one enters a race not to finish first. I wouldn't say I'm in it for the competition, but I'm certainly not just in it to coast along. I want to be the best I possibly can be.
As a scientist, I play in the top league - the Olympics, the World Championships - and I want to be in the lead. As a runner, I set personal goals, and I want to push beyond my own personal limits. I was very happy when I practiced for several months and then reached my goal to run a marathon in 2:50.
I don't think I ever set my goals that high. As a kid growing up I just wanted an opportunity to race and to be able to make a living doing it. It just came together.
I always want to be the best and if I can't, I don't want to run.
I want to be up front racing.
I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.
Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
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