Hi jkristia,
Welcome to our community! Enjoy the course and happy coding! 
The simplest solution for now is to slow the player down. In the next section (Project Boost), we are going to learn how to move a game object with Rigidbody methods. Once you completed that section, you could, if you want, try to apply your knowledge to your Obstacle Course game to achieve a faster player.
For now, slow the player down. You didn’t do anything wrong. It’s an inherent problem with the way we move our player in this section.
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