Runners are more than familiar with pain. It's our bread and butter. We love to hurt. We believe in endurance, in suffering, in brutal and soul-withering work.
But ours is not a violent sport.
See, there's a difference between pain and violence. Violence violates. You see it so clearly in what happened today. The morning showed pain as triumph and pain as failure. The suffering carved out on the face of Dulce Felix (what a sweet name) as her legs no longer worked, as her glory faded into defeat, as the marathon gods smote her for believing too much, for wanting too much, was noble suffering. The suffering of loss, but sensible loss, human loss. This sort of loss was not a violation because all it risked was victory -- such a small thing in the grand scheme. Sweet happiness led the race, and then faded. Such is life. It requires endurance.
With Jeptoo we saw strength overcoming pain. We saw her, after 24 miles of hard running, run harder. We saw the glory of a healthy body at t…
I don't usually listen to podcasts since they dictate the speed of the message, but I have to say that this one was actually quite nice! You nailed the rhythm and the length of it and I enjoyed the content. Looking forward for the next one and good luck with that PR!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, debatian, I'm glad you enjoyed it. We will see what happens on Saturday!
DeleteGood luck Bro! I hope you can dialectate yourself to a new PR
ReplyDeleteHa, thanks man!
DeleteGreat work on here, man. I honestly enjoyed the whole thing from beginning to end. Connecting Hegel to the art of running is not an easy task, but you damn nailed it. Definitely do another one of these podcasts.
ReplyDeleteI hope the 5k treated you well.
Thanks a lot, Anonymous poster. The 5k is tomorrow morning, so we will see how it goes.
DeleteCheers!
Dude, you are one of my favorite people ever. Keep it rolling.
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Thank ya thank ya.
DeleteSo, no 5k PR this week, ran 16:11 tho, a good enough run.
ReplyDeleteI'm not giving up.
I finally got to listen to this. Definitely applies to me--thank you for articulating it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent stuff for those in the middle of a training program.
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