Comparing Ourselves to Others: Long Run it Out

I came across this post by Kristin Armstrong in Mile Markers, and I loved her little lesson:

Think (hard) and get real honest about the comparisons you make [about yourself with respect to others]. Put them in your journal if you are feeling shy. Or talk about them on your long run this weekend, if you are feeling bold. The more aware we are of our tendency to compare, the more adept we will become at recognizing it, and eventually Stop. Doing. That.

Comparison is a thief. Let's stop handing the sneaky little b**** our house key, alarm code and the combination to our safe.

That's why you should never miss your Long Run.  Good old LSD will keep you not just sane, but happy.  You can think through your thoughts--or you can agonize over the burn in your lungs and quads because maybe you've been a little lazier than you would've like on your runs during the week.

Either way, you're working through something.

And that way, at the end of the run, you'll understand not just more about yourself, but more about who you should be:

no one else.