[Buxtehude]

DNFd the Bolder Boulder 10K today. Don't ask.<br><br><img alt="angryfire.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/angryfire.gif"><br><br>
Need to start planning for my next "race" next month!<br><br><img alt="icon_sunny.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_sunny.gif">

 

[roots]

Are you okay?

 

[Buxtehude]

Thanks, roots, bearer of fruits!<br><br>
I'm fine.<br><br>
Annoyed with myself, but fine.

 

[Gingerbread]

OK, I won't ask, but I hope your next race goes better for you! It seems to be a continous process of learning what works and what doesn't. That must be part of what keeps us coming back for more <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">

 

[Buxtehude]

<br>
<BELCH!><br><br>
I mean, 1!

 

[Gingerbread]

<img alt="hello2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/hello2.gif"><br><br>
Learning all the time!

 

[Xavier Dan Q]

Sorry you DNF'ed Bux <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"><br><br>
But...there's always another race <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[Buxtehude]

Yep, I have one next month. I'll focus on that.<br><br>
Thanks, Dan the Man.

 

[diablita]

well said! and you may not be boulder, but cleary you're getting bolder <img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif">

 

[Buxtehude]

<i>Word.</i>

 

[merigayle]

i've DNFed my fair share of races. it happens. I've cried a lot over DNFing in the past. But i try to learn from each experience and i really truly have.

 

[Buxtehude]

You have no idea how much reading your post here helps. Thanks, Meri.

 

[merigayle]

No problem. I have DNFed at least 3 races off the top of my head. All for different reasons. The more and more i talk to people at races (mostly ultras) the more and more i learn about how much some people DNF races. I think it is something a lot of people do not talk about and that makes it even harder when it happens to you.<br>
then there are the people who will finish a race no matter what and sometimes put themselves in a bad spot. i had a friend who hurt herself at a race and decided to continue and ended up in PT for several months because of her choice to continue.

 

[altoids]

{{{Buxtehude}}}<br><br>
Better luck on your next race, and glad to hear you already have another lined up.<br><br>
I think it was merigayle who introduced me to the phrase DNF = Did Nothing Fatal.

 

[equinox marathon 43]

Hey Bux,<br><br>
DNF'ing is something that happens to all of us. I DNF'd in my first Equinox, and quite honestly, I think it probably made me a better marathoner. I had much more respect for the distance after that day.<br><br>
A friend once told me that DNF stands for <b>D</b>id <b>N</b>othing <b>F</b>atal. You get to live to fight another day.<br><br>
So it wasn't your day. The next one will be better. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[Hippo]

I personally run because I like the character it builds in me, and in those I run with. The most important runs I've done are the ones where something has gone really wrong. Looking back, I wouldn't trade the 5 "worst" races of my life for the 5 "best."<br><br>
You'll be back, and do it again.

 

[Alex]

I guarantee like Hippo and EQ said that the experience you had was either a complete freak accident or something that taught you a valuable lesson that will help you overcome the obstacle when it comes again.

 

[Ileneforward]

I hope you got to meet up with people and at least had an 'experience". I know you will be ready for your next race. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[merigayle]

one last thought. After 2 of my more detrimental DNFs (the ones where i cried for a couple days) my imaginary online buddies really helped me get through it. In retrospect it is silly to cry over a race, but when you spend a lot of time and effort in preparation for one day, if it goes poorly, it can be devestating at the time.

 

[wherestheportojohn]

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