WINNING MINDSET
Call me crazy, but I love, love, love coming last. Genetically I was never built for speed and so I’ve aimed for the place in a race where there’s also only room for one special person: the spot right at the back. And as anyone who’s been there will tell you, you often get even more of a fuss made of you for that than for coming first.
However, often when people hear I’ve come last in 25 of the 108 marathons and ultras I’ve done, they offer their condolences. “At least you finished,” they say, condescendingly. Which utterly amazes me, because I don’t see myself as someone to be pitied, instead someone to be admired for her persistence!