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INKTOBER 52 2024 Week #52: FINISH LINE.

“This is a bit what I feel like finally finishing up Inktober 52 2024. I fell behind because of other projects and am finishing four and a half months late, but I still crossed the finish line.
See what I did there?
Anywhat, in a previous life, I was on my high school track and cross country teams. I wasn’t a super athletic kid, but I discovered as a pre-teen that I really enjoyed exercising and challenging myself physically. I could probably make the argument that I trained harder than anyone else on the track team. I used to sneak out of school when I had a study period for the last block so I could run a mile warmup and then do sprint drills until the rest of the team showed up. I’d workout with the team, I was the last person off the track, then I’d hit the weight room. Unfortunately, I could never translate that into winning races. I ran all the hurdling events, and to be competitive you really needed to nail down taking the right number or steps between hurdles, especially for the shorter distances. When it was time to race, I would overthink things and eventually mess up my steps. That mental hurdle was harder than the physical ones. I still wonder what I could have accomplished had I managed to overcome that, but perhaps it wouldn’t have been any different. Either way, I loved my time in track and cross country, and I miss those days with my friends and teammates despite my poor performances.”

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