I'm a has-been

When Josh and I first started dating, I used to call him "has-been." He used to run cross country for Pfeiffer University, but when we met and started dating, his college running career was long gone. Even though his college career was over, I was still running in college, and he would call me "wanna-be."

Well, now my college running career is long gone, and I'm a "has-been." It hit me like a brick when I started coaching, but I'm ok with being a has-been. I still run in races, and I still consider myself to be competitive. Since the end of my college running career, I've done plenty of other races and plan on continuing to run for several years.

Being a coach and a "has-been," watching college races makes me want to race in college races again. In college races, the competition is higher and race strategies are more important. I miss it.

Luckily for me, this past weekend I had the opportunity to race in a college race unattached. I got to run in the disney xc classic. The weather was rainy, the course was super muddy, wet, and pretty flat. It was awesome! I got pretty muddy. The only problem was that the whole time I was racing, I was wondering how the team was doing. I just wanted to cheer them on.


I'm a has-been and I'm proud. My college running career is over, but I'm still competitive and still have goals to continue racing for a while. I've already got plans to race again this coming weekend, not to mention a marathon in November, and I'm trying to find a half marathon to do a few weeks before the marathon. This has-been can still bring it!