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2009-08-31 3:16 PM

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Subject: Please don't apologize !

I see a lot of threads here that start with a great accomplishment (I swam 200 m without stopping!/ I did my first tri!/ I rode 25 mi for the first time!/ etc)

and then end (or start) with a qualifier (I know that's not fast for most of you/ I know I'm still really slow/ I was practically last/ etc).

Your accomplishment is YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT ! don't qualify it and don't apologize for it.  celebrate it !



2009-08-31 3:18 PM
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2009-08-31 3:20 PM
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Well said Trish ........
2009-08-31 3:21 PM
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Exactly!!!

2009-08-31 3:24 PM
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Sorry, my bad!
2009-08-31 3:27 PM
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the bear - 2009-08-31 3:24 PM Sorry, my bad!


Stop saying sorry!

Ok, sorry for intruding.

Sorry.


2009-08-31 3:30 PM
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the bear - 2009-08-31 4:24 PM Sorry, my bad!


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2009-08-31 3:40 PM
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Subject: RE: Please don't apologize !
x2!  And thanks.  I sometimes get so excited about my accomplishments but then downplay them because so many others are doing so much more.  But you're right.  They are still amazing accomplishments.
2009-08-31 5:34 PM
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Good point!  For the vast majority of us, this sport is about measuring ourselves against our own past performance, so a personal accomplishment is something to be proud of by itself.

2009-09-01 12:19 AM
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Yay! Great post. x-whatever we're up to.
2009-09-01 12:25 AM
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So very true. I know a local triathlete who has come pretty close to KQ .....I feel like a sloth next to her, but I realize that its all relative!  My non-tri friends are in awe of me.....I am in awe of this woman....and she , in turn, is in awe of those who actually do KQ. The way I figure it the only person who is perhaps satisfied is Chrissie!!!


2009-09-01 12:27 AM
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Good post.

And while we're on the subject:  If you are actually really fast, don't indulge in false modesty--it just makes others feel like they've got farther to go if you poor-mouth your performance here when it turns out you actually took home hardware.  (The recent thread that started out implying--based on stuff on ST--that 1:07/100 for the swim was really slo-o-o-w put me in mind of that...thankfully that got straightened out as the thread went along.)  Just sayin'...
2009-09-01 1:41 AM
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aquagirl - 2009-09-01 1:25 AM So very true. I know a local triathlete who has come pretty close to KQ .....I feel like a sloth next to her, but I realize that its all relative!  My non-tri friends are in awe of me.....I am in awe of this woman....and she , in turn, is in awe of those who actually do KQ. The way I figure it the only person who is perhaps satisfied is Chrissie!!!

And she, in turn, is in awe of the crowds - or at least, she luvs us and waves to us and for lucky T-man HIM finishers puts medals around their necks!
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