Ep 44: It's OK To Feel Disappointed In Yourself

Run, Selfie, Repeat

Kelly Roberts

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Anyone who has ever chased a goal that felt intimidating and unattainable, put in the work, and then either stood in their own way or "failed" trying knows how disappointing it can be to fall short.

After reading through a few billion emails from readers and listeners urging me not to feel disappointed in how I handled the London Marathon, we need to talk about the fact that it’s ok to feel disappointed in yourself. What's not ok is to take disappointment and turn it into a sign that you should give up.

Nobodies perfect. We all make mistakes. What I experienced during the London Marathon isn't something I'm particularly proud of but when I was out there on the course, struggling to find a way not to give up, I remembered what Sophie Walker had said during the Women Run Strong event. Sophie told a story about how one particularly rough day, she realized that no one was going to save her.

She had to save herself.

Sometimes the cards are stacked against us. Regardless of what happens, there's no such thing as game over. When you stumble, you have to give yourself permission to feel whatever it is you're feeling. Feel disappointed. Or sad. But remember, set backs don't define you. They're just apart of the journey. The only way you'll fail is if you fail to try. No regrets, no excuses.

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0:00.0	Ah, somewinyan, none of itchina-ba-shadabom.
0:11.0	Oh, out of all of the openers, that has to be my favorite.
0:15.5	What? Where did that come from?
0:17.4	Hey, everybody, welcome to episode 44 of the Run, Selfie Repeat podcast. I am your
0:24.1	Disney Circle of Life, Lion King, obsessed host Kelly Roberts. And today I want to talk about
0:33.3	something that a lot of people seem to disagree with me on. So let's jump into it. I,
0:38.8	I need to talk about whether or not it's okay to be disappointed with myself. Because holy moly,
0:44.8	okay, backstory. For anyone who is just finding me right now, one, I promise you that intro isn't
0:51.0	the norm. I don't know why I write like literally a press record and circle of life popped in
0:56.3	my head and we went with it. Okay, so backstory, real backstory. Two weeks ago, I towed the line to run
1:08.5	the London Marathon and I had a very rough day. So the past year of my life,
1:14.1	I have been chasing this what once felt like an impossible goal to try to take my marathon
1:18.3	time from three hours and 59 minutes and change to three hours and 35 minutes, which really
1:23.6	became three hours and 30 minutes, but basically I wanted to qualify for the Boston Marathon,
1:45.8	because it was something that I once told myself I would never be capable of doing a year ago. I told myself that. So I worked my ass off, doubted the hell out of myself, lots of tears, lots of breakthroughs, lots of setbacks, lots of breakthroughs, lots of setbacks. The last year of my life has been eat, sleep, breathe, be key or bust. And London was going to be my second attempt and I got hurt. And going into the race, it was kind of like, am I going to be
1:51.6	okay? Am I not going to be okay? I don't really know. Everything, it wasn't the best day. You can go
1:56.4	ahead and listen to what happened. But from all of the amazing emails that I've received over the last
2:04.0	two-ish weeks from people reaching out to me after maybe watching my blog or listening to the podcast
2:11.2	or reading online, what happened, I was amazed to read how many people wrote to me about why I shouldn't feel disappointed or sad.
2:20.4	And I know that it comes from a super supportive place and thank you for caring and for your input and for even coming with me on this journey to try to be cute.
2:30.8	But you guys, my friends, I am allowed to be disappointed in myself because anyone
2:36.8	who has ever set a goal that felt scary or unattainable, impossible, intimidating, anyone who's
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