ultimate runner's test...... (Read 4097 times)

Way to get behind the winning team!

Wow what an awesome thread! I wasn't able to take all 40(!) pages so my apologies if this has already been posted but pretty sure I found the Sportjester (i.e. Robert).... http://wweek.com/editorial/2807/2279/

coming on this site is a daily affirmation to me of two things. 1) No matter how fast I get I am always humbled by how much faster other runners are. 2) No matter how insane I get I will always be humbled by how absolutely freakin' bonkers some people are. And I thank you for the link. My favorite quote was from the mother-in-law. But there were so many excellent parts of that article that I am a little overwhelmed right now. I did not think it was possible to out-do Jim's link about naked skating groups by Sandy Snarkenberg. I was wrong. Oh so wrong.

well... a female praying mantis eats her mate after sex. but that doesn't mean I'm interested in that behavior on the part of a future girlfriend. nature is full of freaky shit. I don't quite agree we should always emulate nature. I'm not living in a burrow or rolling in my own skat either.

Deja vu anyone? http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum5/HTML/002648-7.shtml I have no doubt that Robert Vervloet has some sort of high intelligence. However, part of me thinks that he may suffer from Aspergers syndrome - of course I have never met him and have no real reason for this deduction - it just seems to fit. He has some difficulty in putting his arguments forward logically or in a format that others can follow, he may well have problems interacting with others and maintaining relationships. This may sometimes lead to him being labelled "crazy" or "nut job" etc. Again, I do not know enough to assert this, it is just an idea. Perhaps one which may make us think again before trashing him. Robert - if I have this totally wrong then I'm sorry.

Deja vu anyone? http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum5/HTML/002648-7.shtml I have no doubt that Robert Vervloet has some sort of high intelligence. However, part of me thinks that he may suffer from Aspergers syndrome - of course I have never met him and have no real reason for this deduction - it just seems to fit. He has some difficulty in putting his arguments forward logically or in a format that others can follow, he may well have problems interacting with others and maintaining relationships. This may sometimes lead to him being labelled "crazy" or "nut job" etc. Again, I do not know enough to assert this, it is just an idea. Perhaps one which may make us think again before trashing him. Robert - if I have this totally wrong then I'm sorry.

This may well be true, but there are a number of very smart people reading this and noone is recognizing genius here. The ability to let go of reality and think in ways other people don't consider (because they apply rational logic) is not what genius is. It's pretty common to see those who don't feel understood claiming it is just because everyone else is too dumb to understand them. The only one calling genius here is the supposed genius himself, which is what raised the red flag so high.

And to think I took my shoes off for him! I feel so used.

you my friend don't speak bird.