David (david_j_ncba2019)

Race #3407

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Official speed 77.42 wpm (89.74 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 12, 2019 1:08:13pm UTC
Race Finish September 12, 2019 1:09:43pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Opponents 1. matthewkr (78.76 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 129.04
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I thought back on my running career at Oregon. I'd competed with, and against, men far better, faster, more physically gifted. Many were future Olympians. And yet I'd trained myself to forget this unhappy fact. People reflexively assume that competition is always a good thing, that it always brings out the best in people, but that's only true of people who can forget the competition. The art of competing, I'd learned from track, was the art of forgetting, and I now reminded myself of that fact. You must forget your limits. You must forget your doubts, your pain, your past.