Adequate

Sometimes it's perfectly ok to be adequate. I did all my runs this week. 2 1/2 miles on Tuesday and 5 miles on Thursday. They weren't fun and they weren't pretty, but I suffered my way through them nonetheless. And to be honest, I'm more proud of the five miles I struggled with today than the same five miles I ran last week....a whole 7 minutes faster. That's the thing about competitive events. I always want to do better than last time; but sometimes, just getting out there and out-competing the voice inside your head that is screaming at you to stop running is perfectly adequate. In fact, I would say that is what makes you a runner.