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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/theres-no-crying-in-running-how-to-recover-from-bad-races/">There’s no crying in running!&nbsp; How to recover from a bad race</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 25, 2007 at 03:00 PM by Bridget Sullivan</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">“Once you’re beat mentally, you might as well not even go to the starting line.” -Todd Williams When I nervously pinned my bib number onto my new technical tee, slathered my body in Ben-Gay, and stretched my aching glutes and hamstrings, I knew that I was not sufficiently prepared for the 26.2-mile journey ahead of me. I was too stubborn to admit defeat, but when mile 14 rolled by, I stopped.&nbsp; I frantically watched as the seconds ticked away and my goal time turned into a sad country song . . . the man of my dreams didn’t slip away, but the race of my dreams sure did.&nbsp; Determined to finish, I pressed on; with pain striking my back like lightning with each unremarkable step, I counted down the miles.&nbsp; When I shuffled by mile 19, lightning…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/theres-no-crying-in-running-how-to-recover-from-bad-races/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/theres-no-crying-in-running-how-to-recover-from-bad-races/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/theres-no-crying-in-running-how-to-recover-from-bad-races/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/theres-no-crying-in-running-how-to-recover-from-bad-races/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/athletics/">athletics</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-motivation/">her-motivation</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a><br /><br /> </P>