So I've been really down lately about my knee being so busted. I keep moping about how I could be so much faster if my body could just keep up with my heart. And every morning I wake up and say a quick plead that maybe this will be the morning I step out of bed and my knee won't buckle under my own weight and pain won't shoot up my patella - but it hasn't happened in over a week, and every day I get a little more anxious about nationals. I just don't understand how some people can go out and crush a ten mile run and I can't even handle a 3 mile jog around the river without suffering some detrimental shin issue that puts me out of training for days. So tonight I was taking refuge by talking to one of my teammates, mostly subconsciously looking for a little pity. But the thing is up until this point no matter what anyone says, it never makes me feel better. I realized it's because everyone has tried to say things to excuse my negative attitude. Comments such a...
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