Goals and Guide Post

I have met many goals this year running wise and with a few more races to go I hope to meet the goals I have set for these as well. Yet honestly I won't be (too) disappointed if I don't and I would have continued striving even if I missed my other goals this year. I guess a proper way to describe this is not really a goal but a guide post. There are conditions I expect to meet with my current level of fitness, training and race conditions. Everything changes though and in a race can change quickly - just like in life. So to cling tightly to fragile terms will just bring misery - in life and in racing. So I evaluate, plan, train and evaluate some more. When the race ends I am really only left with one thing, one thought only - how well did I perform with what I brought to the day and with what the day gave me. Again - a lot like life.

Peace,
Eric