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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Jon Rankin: To the Goddess of Victory (Letter #2)
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #7)

Posted February 27th, 2008 at 6:15 PM by Jon Rankin

Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes, Elite Athlete Blogs, Jon Rankin

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Today I sit here in awe at how much life’s journey can be compared to that of a roller coaster ride. These last two weeks have been really down weeks for me. It’s not that my training is going poorly because I’m training very well; and it’s not because I had a ‘bad day’ at the USATF Cross Country National Championships a few weeks ago because I met my goal of finishing in the top-20 (I finished 20th place). Sometimes I just find my self a little lost or down emotionally for no reason at all. And it’s kind of weird because just a few weeks prior to last week and this week I was really happy and positive. I honestly can’t remember the last time I’ve felt this way.
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