When we start off as kids I feel it’s more about health, fitness, socialization, learning life’s lessons and maybe more than anything else, it’s about having fun! But as we get older it becomes a lot more competitive. We begin to compete not just to play, but to make it to the next level.
Fun still is a huge part of it though, it takes an immense amount of work to reach the top level in sport (or any endeavor for that matter) and so you have to be doing something you love to do.At Pro level, the higher you get the more is at stake, People want championships, it becomes a job to be the best. Athletes are expected to be at there best or risk being traded.
But at our level is it all about winning? Sure everyone wants to win, but its not just about winning, its about trying to win.
There could only be one winner, so in races the odds of winning are slim, yet we still compete, we still try.. because we love what we do. It has to be more about winning, it becomes about the challenge and the effort to win.
So that is why we compete, to see if we can do it. To see how we fair against other like minded people. To push ourselves to our own personal limits and make it to the next level.
So if you have never competed you should think about it, come out and give it your best shot, it gives you something to work towards and it will bring you to the next level.
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Since I'm a competitive runner and an adventure racer, I notice that runners focus on winning whereas adventure racers focus on the challenge itself. Runners are more focused on getting from Point A to Point B, whereas adventure racers are more interested in the journey between the two points. Like life itself, adventure racers don't want the race to end, for life's a journey, not a destination.
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