Will you guys still be my friends if I come in last

[zoidberg]

in the race on Sunday?

I (very stupidly) looked up the results from last year and it is a distinct possibility.

[juliahenry]

I came in last at a race and everyone still talks to me 

although, to be fair, I wasn't actually dead last. I did beat out the woman with the seeing-eye dog and her human companion. 

Of course 1) we'll still be friends and 2) you won't be dead last. Promise.

[zoidberg]

Maybe there will be a 90 year old with a walker! You've given me hope! lol

[cinco]

Better than my DNS

[zoidberg]

Mar 15, 2013 18:21:14 GMT -5 cinco said:

Better than my DNS

Yeah, but you have a legitimate reason. I just suck.

[juliahenry]

Mar 15, 2013 18:23:25 GMT -5 zoidberg said:

Mar 15, 2013 18:21:14 GMT -5 cinco said:

Better than my DNS

Yeah, but you have a legitimate reason. I just suck.

No. You're just feeling nervous. And that's a good thing - it will translate into an extra push on race day.

seriously, you're going to do fine, and if you do happen to be last, so what? You ran it. That's more than the rest if the world can say.

[smiley]

Mar 15, 2013 18:31:30 GMT -5 juliahenry said:

Mar 15, 2013 18:23:25 GMT -5 zoidberg said:

Yeah, but you have a legitimate reason. I just suck.

No. You're just feeling nervous. And that's a good thing - it will translate into an extra push on race day.

seriously, you're going to do fine, and if you do happen to be last, so what? You ran it. That's more than the rest if the world can say.

I agree 100%! just get out there and do your best, who cares if you are last?! you still raced and completed the race!

[CallingAllAngels]

I was very close to being last at my most recent race. I think the only people I beat had gotten lost and ran more than the 10 miles.

Have a great time!

[gt7301b]

Don't worry about it.  1) You won't be last 2) I won't know if you are 3) You beat all those folks who are still sleeping

[jene]

Absolutely! I am definitely a back of the pack runner

[jchokie79]

My lazy ass will probably still be in bed by the time you're done running! You will be awesome, don't even worry about it!

[RoryGilmore]

You'll do great. I saw a tech tee the other day that said "finishing = winning" and it's so true.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I came in next to last at a race last year. Because there was an 8-month preg woman walking the course.

(Admittedly, I got lost and ran something like 1.5 extra, but it still STUNG.) You'll live, and you still get to say you finished.

[clseale]

Yes, yes we will. Lol Don't go into it thinking that way though. You'll be fine!!

[agrippa]

I once came in last in a race and was beaten by the 80 year old speed walker.

[kams]

Oh my gosh, you stop it!!

Even if that were to happen, who cares or even notices?! You're out there and that in and of itself is kicking ass!

True confessions: every year I've signed up for a race that, based on last year's results, I should be on the podium. Well guess what...it never happens. Races grow every year. I think last year was the first year they offered the 10miler, & the weather was so bad last year that tons of people DNS. Don't worry about last year's results. This year will be totally different.

[taratru]

I was last in the state cross country meet when I was a sophomore. I'm still totally rad.

You won't be last, and even if you are, we love you!

[kams]

I'm on my phone so I can't edit, but I'm just wondering how many times I can say "last year"

[coconutbug]

I wish I were in town this weekend - I'd do it with you and then there'd be no way you'd be last. You will do great though, and I guarantee we will all be proud of you whether you're first, last, or smack dab in the middle. Have a fantastic time!

[joenali]

I came in second to last at my last race! My friends still talk to me!! But I just kick all of their asses in the pool, not on a bike or running!

[sadlebred]

I'm ALWAYS last in my races.

[libbygrl109]

You will do much better than you think! I thought I was going to be DFL at the 10k I did in November. Heck, for a good part of it, even the 76 year old speed walker was ahead of me, but I just kept my pace and passed a few (ok, 10) people by the end. You will finish what you started, and it will be great!

[zoidberg]

Aw, thanks guys! Feeling the love <3

Didn't mean to post and run before, but I have been out with a friend and H (had a nice dinner and saw half of West Side Story but poor H was falling asleep in his seat because he was up early this morning).

I was definitely having a moment earlier, but you guys made me feel so much better. Thanks for the support, truly.

[trigal]

I was the last one in my age group at the 70.3 Worlds in September.  I was right smack in the middle (50 out of 100) after the swim, then proceeded to get passed by 40 of them.  The other 10 DNF'd. 

Dead last is better than DNF.
DNF is better than DNS!

[MrsE]

Dude, you're still lapping everyone on the couch. Get out there, be active, and have fun. It doesn't matter what you place.

[dragonfly08]

When I was a senior in high school, I ran the state cross country race and finished dead last.

All these years later (and I'm no spring chicken, so it's been a while!) what I remember is not that I was last. It's that in my first year of track, on one of the toughest courses in the state, I FINISHED. In a respectable time. Ahead of all of the ladies state-wide who either dropped out mid-course (and a lot did, especially at the big hill known as "The Bowl") or who stayed home and didn't even try to run it in the first place.

So IMO, you finish the race, you've won no matter what place you come in! Good luck and have fun!