Runners and swimmers will always talk about hitting their personal best even if they don’t finish first in a race.
Infuriating for journalists trying to cover a race, but truly a mindset everybody should have.
(Especially weirdo politicians trying to bully kids instead of improving people’s lives!)
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...