Ask a million runners, you’ll likely get a million answers.
Ask a Real Racer and you’ll get a decidedly smaller pool of answers.
“To Win!” That’s my favorite. “To push myself beyond perceived limits” is another that rings my chime.
For every Real Racer there are a million and more runners.
How do you tell the difference between the two? Reading this blog is a good start.
Paying attention to post race celebrations is another. I like reading those reports that are full of expletives and angst. Real Racers pissed that they didn’t perform better (never good enough). Runners are just happy to be on the start line with the Real Racers, first mile selfies the highlight of their morning.
Give me one Real Racer, keep the millions.
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