Are you proud of your PR's?

When I was in the midst of competing and traveling from one European second level Grand Prix meet to another, always hoping to squeeze in the better paid meets, I was always dissatisfied with my performances, even after huge breakthroughs. The feeling was exacerbated when accompanying my then girlfriend (now wife) to top notch meets, and being introduced to meet managers as an also runner. She had different attitude - she ran while it gave her satisfaction (and good money), then decided to have kids, and never turned back. She is proud of her every PR, even those she ran while in HS (for example sprints), and never utters an excuse, or adds that she has much faster PR at different distance. Given the choice, when asked how fast I was, I always mention my fastest and the hardest to attain PR. Maybe that is why she was always more successful and had more fun running than me. She is still quite young and could come back, but does not see any point to slave away (her words), just to find out, how hard it was to be fast. Jogging for 30 -50 minutes few times a week does it for her.

Now, past my prime and troubled with injuries, I am proud of my PRs. Very much so, and I think I could not have run any faster. I had my time, done my best, and had many opportunities. Sadly, it took me too long to realize it. I would have been much happier person 10 years ago.

I post this hesitantly because I'm not even a local class athlete; however, I love to run and I love to race. I ran a little track in high school (2 years - 9th and 10th grade). I was pretty lazy, but it was fun enough to do. I didn't decided to run until after my child was born and turned 1. I trained for my first 1/2 marathon with her in a jog stroller. I was 31 and that was 2.5 years ago. I was so thrilled I even finished the thing and then promptly registered for my 1st marathon a few months later! I feel that I have improved tremendously over the past 3 years and am excited about possibly improving more. I'm "proud" of my PRs, but not satisfied staying there. I hope I can continue to improve!

My PRs:

5K - 20:55 (12/31/12)

1/2 marathon - 1:36:05 (2/2/13)

marathon - 3:25:04 (3/1/13)

800-1:51

1500-3:51

mile - 4:06

5000-14:49

10000-32:30

Currently a sophomore collegiately. Not bad PR's but getting my butt kicked all over the place at the D1 level is tiring.

You get your butt kicked all the time with a 1:51? D1 competition is crazy..

your long distance (pretty much all mile and up) PR's are fantastic. the longer the better. the fact that you can only manage 58 for an open 400 just attests to the idea that you really don't need to have fantastic raw speed to be great.