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Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Imminent Catastrophe
"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"
"To obtain the air that angels breathe you must come to Tahoe"--Mark Twain
"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.
√ Javelina Jundred Jalloween 2015
Cruel Jewel 50 mile May 2016
Western States 100 June 2016
They failed to account for monkey attacks.
E.J.Greater Lowell Road RunnersCry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.
One day at a time
this reminds me of my favorite factoid: your chance of getting struck and killed by lightning during an entire year equals your chance of dying in your car after driving a mere 7 miles. i'm hoping to race my next marathon in a lightning storm. let's see if those monkeys have enough balls to come after me then.
mcsolar, you had better select your marathon wisely after a taunt like that...
esq.
... I always tell them it's much more dangerous driving across town to the airport than flying commercially cross-country! ...
Feeling the growl again
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
worried about dropping dead in a marathon.
Michelle
This is my husband's number one fear of my running marathons. He says that it is just too much tempting fate and that the human body isn't meant to run for that long.
When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
Wasn't it that PBS special last month or so ago that talked about how humans used to catch their food by outlasting the animals - i.e. long distance running. Maybe he could watch that and it will remind him to get back to his caveman roots.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson