When I was about to stop running and quit the race, I heard the whole class cheering me on, which gave me great strength to continue.

当我就要停下来不跑放弃赛跑的时候，我听到全班的人都在给我加油，这给了我力量继续比赛。

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As you begin to feel loose and ready to race, visualize yourself running fast, particularly over the toughest portions of the course.

当你开始感到松弛和做好比赛准备的时候，想象一下你跑得很快的时候，尤其是你比赛最紧张的那个阶段。

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If you trained on your own for your last race, you might find that the group motivation and running for a cause breathes new life into your training.

加入一个慈善组织。如果你是自己一个人训练来完成上一次的比赛，那么，你会发现，团队激励以及为某个信念而跑步，会给你的跑步训练带来新的生机。

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It's the outcome of a race one's running faster than all of the other guys and it's as if to have a career at all one has no choice but to come in first.

这里讲的是一项竞赛的结果,某个人比其他所有人跑的都快,就好像这场竞赛中,除了第一你别无选择。

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