tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post7467642490584943973..comments2024-02-01T03:43:38.115-06:00Comments on 50 after 40: Please ... Tell Me "I Can't!"Jim ... 50after40http://www.blogger.com/profile/14165153305680378261noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-3328691175561978942011-01-19T18:57:07.255-06:002011-01-19T18:57:07.255-06:00Good story! I would want that guy to know I qualif...Good story! I would want that guy to know I qualified too!ajhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851129364728161965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-53313617292882886982011-01-19T13:02:33.345-06:002011-01-19T13:02:33.345-06:00I'm with you...you got the blood pumping with ...I'm with you...you got the blood pumping with that post... It's almost funny how defensive we are when it comes to being competitive... I say whatevs - go for it!<br /><br />Even though I'll never win a race I'm so competitive with myself. Always trying to be better...racing dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692001090253582340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-44927816209735100112011-01-19T11:47:05.474-06:002011-01-19T11:47:05.474-06:00Heh. I'm competitive too... Difference between...Heh. I'm competitive too... Difference between me and you is I really never will BQ :D<br /><br />(My most annoying comment I've heard? When someone said they were going to pace with me because they were too sick to actually race. GRRRRR)Beckahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260238987157763316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-11691438354240531792011-01-19T09:13:10.607-06:002011-01-19T09:13:10.607-06:00Maybe we should tell Chris K he'll never BQ? M...Maybe we should tell Chris K he'll never BQ? Might backfire, we'll make that Plan B.KovasPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401299101228398072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-43152395729249258352011-01-19T09:07:11.353-06:002011-01-19T09:07:11.353-06:00I love that Tebow commercial. Every time it comes...I love that Tebow commercial. Every time it comes on, I have to stop whatever I am doing and watch it!!!Paige (The Last Doughnut)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08403413842849387830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-84637218996530816252011-01-19T08:29:27.720-06:002011-01-19T08:29:27.720-06:00Excellent post, and honest too! I think we are a m...Excellent post, and honest too! I think we are a mixture like you say. I'm most competitive with myself. However when I'm in a Dragon Boat practice or race, I look at who is sitting in the same positon as me in the next boat, and I think, I'm gonna kick her ass!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790079858645409278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-16617250626982221512011-01-19T08:06:42.092-06:002011-01-19T08:06:42.092-06:00I am just like that. Let me give you an example. ...I am just like that. Let me give you an example. I was out on a ride one day with a friend. We had already ridden about 25 miles. We were just chatting and enjoying the ride. Preparing ourselves for the ride back to the house when this girl on a mountain bike with no bike shoes comes zooming by me and says "You have to use the downhills to get up the next hill." Well, that just irked me beyond belief. I immediately stood up on the pedals and proceeding to whoop her butt up the hill and beyond. And all I could hear from my friend was "Oh no, she didn't just say that!" Yes, it was petty and juvenile. But seriously, she didn't know us from Jack and she felt it necessary to tell me how to get up a hill. No, I don't think so. I do have a fiery competitive side and that is why I am in individual sports!Christihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335001280807576664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-73916218932275436962011-01-19T07:47:30.554-06:002011-01-19T07:47:30.554-06:00many things motivate us ... when I started running...<b>many things motivate us</b> ... when I started running all of 7 months ago, I had people asking me if I checked with my doctor, and that my knees would start hurting soon ... I didn't really want to prove them wrong ... but since then I've lost 42 lbs, 9 belt holes on my belt, ran in three races, and can comfortably run a 10-miler.<br /><br /><b>The burning hate motivation only goes so far.</b> When I'm trying to pull out that last negative split before the cool down, and I'm really really hurting, I run through some mental <i>pictures</i> to get me moving. The hate one never gets me up. The one that gets me is usually <i>the saving kids from a burning orphanage </i> !Andrew Opalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840813324329773479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963402677916553399.post-72720378492690201352011-01-19T06:44:42.381-06:002011-01-19T06:44:42.381-06:00Oh I can completely relate! And I'm a couple o...Oh I can completely relate! And I'm a couple of years older than you...so you're forgiven in my book. I will say, however, that on race day, for the most part, I'm competing with myself, not worrying about others. With a few exceptions, of course!misszippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16816276167373260149noreply@blogger.com