Watching the YouTube documentary of Clayton while on the treadmill was such a reminder of how much this sport can both make you feel complete and broken almost at the same time. Seeing and hearing his disappointment after all his hard work, on a day that still was good, some would say great, but short of what he wanted, perhaps what he expected, and what he worked for, was something so familiar and relatable. You can want it so much, but wanting doesn’t make it so. You can work hard and still not achieve your goal.
And it can break you and your heart.
But there’s something beautiful about that too and about them showing up again. To keep picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and just trying again is something so special.
Eventually you hope it pays off, but maybe that’s not the real end goal.
And maybe as you grow and learn you start to realize the failures aren’t really that.
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