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You can't always be the best

That's why you must prioritize those things in which you really want to be the best. Still it's nice to play the what if games. Even though I'm satisfied with the bronze I got in Finnish champs in cross country running there are still some what ifs I'm dealing with...

What if I started to concentrate more on running only, would I be able to challenge the best girls in Finland and would I be able to run much much faster? It's so hard to say, but to be honest I may be just a little bit too late with these thoughts as I'm definitely more close to an oldie than a child at the moment;) But it's not forbidden to have these what if questions, or is it?

In the winter, as I was following the World Champs in Liberec, I also had my what ifs. I was a rather good skier as I was younger and during last winter I did most of my training by skiing and cycling. So, of course, I started to wonder. What if I had decided to become a skier, would I be in Liberec now in the Finnish team fighting for the medals? What if....

But hey. What if I just concentrated on my own sports and left these speculations for the days in the swing chair. What if could be able to leave the ifs away after the Tuesdays first sprint race and Wednesdays O-league event? What if I could be just satisfied with my orienteering after those competitions? What if we orienteers in general left the what ifs for a while and were just concentrating on the real job? That's worth consideration, I think.

It's just impossible to be best in everything, that's why you must prioritize and be happy about those things you have and not to concentrate on the things you don't have. And if you're not happy, then you must do something about it.

Amen.

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