The Art of Comparison
This topic has been on my mind since I started this blog. It's taken me a while to formulate the words I want to say because this is SUCH an important topic and it's become more important in today's society than ever before. We all know why we compare - Instagram, right? I never feel more left out than during Spring Break when what seems like all of Central Wisconsin manages to dig up money to take their families on these two week long Spring Break extravaganzas. I am flooded with beaches, sunshine, smiles and big hats as I take on a 16 mile long run in the thick of marathon training surrounded by cold weather and a surprise snow storm. I digress. This isn't about my lack of vacationing. This is about comparison in all areas of our lives - both running and not running related. I've always been kind of an odd ball. I embrace it now but constantly being reminded of being different was and still is challenging. I took 6 years to go through undergrad, I was with a p