Contradiction? or Not?

Okay, i was reading through my last two posts(the 2nd and 3rd ones) and i just realized something! Towards the end of the 2nd post, it states 'Life is not a race..do take it slower' and as for the most recent post, i mentioned something like 'Life is like a race'. Okay, seems like a contradiction? Hm..Perhaps i should clarify a little on that. Well..first of all, the 2nd post is basically a poem called 'Slow Dance' which struck my mind somehow before i decided to post it up, (no it's not my work, hence the ~Author Unknown~ down there). Anyways, coming back to it, in that poem, the phrase 'Life is not a race..do take it slower' is thought to possess a sense of 'competition' like how a runner in a marathon race compete against the other to obtain the winning prize or what we would call the 1st place. In the 3rd post however, Life is basically described as a race, which in this case, refers to the human race. It conveys the message of us humans being runners, running the human race with basic qualities a human ought to possess, which is the main PET(discussed in the earlier post)-Perseverance, Endurance and Trust, so that at the end of the day, one may be able to say: "I've done my part and achieved what I want in life! Thereby i am truly satisfied." It is more on a personal, individualistic basis, rather than being pertained to any form of possessiveness.

p/s: hope that somehow cleared your doubts =D. Good Day!