By Sarah Lampel “It’s not a race”, is what Amanda, my teacher of two years said during a recent workshop. I’m not sure why the phrase stuck with me. I’ve heard it enough times before, yet I have almost always laughed it off. “That’s what you think”, has been my typical response. Becoming an endurance athlete has made me confident that I can do anything I set my mind to. And while I have accepted the idea that I will, most likely, never place first in a marathon, it is still a