I would always Do that every race . And I got to a point and I've learned from it now that comparing myself is just a very unhealthy tactic . And it's something that made me more nervous and anxious than helped me .
And even from when I was in high school , it's something that I'm still working on now , working on my nutrition and my mental health in addition to training hard , were things that set me apart within my training and helped me succeed as an athlete . So when I was in high school , I struggled a lot with comparing myself to other people . There is an app called Athletics.net and you can basically see everyone's times , everyone's performances , um , throughout all the years that they ran , all the races of the year .
I'm not gonna be able to succeed or go run in college because I'm not as good as these people in high school . Um , and that's another thing that I struggled with , um , when I was in high school was because I realized like , you're still able to be successful in your own way without comparing yourself . So that's definitely a struggle that I went through when I was in high school .
I always thought like , oh , if I'm prepared for a competition , I'll be able to race better cause I know who's in my game . But honestly , taking it one race at a time and not knowing those things , I learned as I got older , um , Help you even more because you're able to focus more on your own race , and you're able to focus more on your own success when you're not constantly comparing . So , impostor syndrome , another thing that went into that is , I would always look up at other athletes who were elite , so people who are winning the state meet in high school , people who are winning the national meet , and I was like , they're so good , I'll never be as good as them .
So just being able to be Strong and numerous different parts of my life . I felt like some was something that gave me a competitive advantage as an athlete . So I think it was funny when I was in high school , I was always known as the Pedialyte girl cause I would always drink Pedialyte , um , because when I was in middle school , someone told me once that it has less sugar and more electrolytes .
