I came home from work today and realized that between PMS, not enough sunshine/needing to put my head under the UV lamp, and learning too much about gender disparity and race relations in the U.S. today, then watching a show that showed blatant racism, I decided I should not run. Graduate school may have ruined me for all eternity for “real life.” I still have to do 800s tomorrow and a pace run on Saturday and didn’t want to throw away a run and just feel bad about myself, so Sally is sittin’ it out. Taking one for the team, as it were. AND I DON’T FEEL BAD.
Daily Archive for December 28th, 2006
As written earlier…
In the Wired piece the Perfect Human they write:
1. BE AUDACIOUS
Finding the right challenge is the first challenge. “Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk,” Karnazes says in his autobiography, Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner. Risk, yes, and creativity too. For instance, looking for the ultimate endurance running challenge, in 1995 Karnazes entered a 199-mile relay race – by himself. He competed against eight teams of 12 and finished eighth.
Okay…that’s just stupid. In this case a lot of people might take “being audacious” with “being brave”. Well, there’s s fine line between bravery and stupidity. And running a 199 mile relay pace as a one person relay team crosses the line into stupidity. Or so sez Lumpy.
