Why is it...

…that I can essentially run 3 5Ks per week, but when I do it in a formal race it feels so much harder and further?

…that I feel so alone while running with hundreds and sometimes thousands of people but not when I’m actually running all by myself?

…that I find it acceptable to wear tight stretchy pants with a fitted shirt in front of a whole city, but feel insecure wearing leggings and a long sweater at work? Same legs, different place, no?

…that it’s somehow okay for guys to blow snot rockets in a race without looking around to see who is right behind them (it was me by the way) and know that I’ll be okay with it? (I was, for some reason)

I’m baffled and amazed by all of these concepts.