RunningAHEAD - Topic: Be like this guy

Ed4

Barefoot and happy

posted: 1/7/2008 at 9:55 PM

This is an old story, but I had never heard it before. At age 61, sheep farmer Cliff Young won a 500+ mile race because he didn't know you're supposed to stop and sleep once in a while.

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UpNorth

posted: 1/8/2008 at 7:51 AM

I love that story! It never gets old.

Bonkin

posted: 1/8/2008 at 10:12 AM

I hadn't seen it before. Thanks for sharing it Ed. That old farmer is the epitome of HTFU!

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Eddy

Slow-smooth-fast

posted: 1/8/2008 at 10:19 AM

Thanks for sharing Ed. Great story Wink

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BadDawg

posted: 1/8/2008 at 7:29 PM

I saw somebody telling the story on a PBS show recently, I loved it. The guy kept saying "all the professional runners knew....." , then he would follow up with "but Cliff didn't know this, so he..." and the crowd would crack up over and over. Amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.

E.J.
Greater Lowell Road Runners
Cry 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.

tolleyrose

that's what she said