tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780660902133427157.post6775626818525055899..comments2024-01-06T05:53:11.788-08:00Comments on Explore Fatigue: Can DoEric Grossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12815195014020975781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780660902133427157.post-4867696715379330382009-05-31T07:32:08.333-07:002009-05-31T07:32:08.333-07:00One thing that I have found so enlightening about ...One thing that I have found so enlightening about your posts is the insight into motivation-- the extraordinary will to compete, to challenge, to fight, to win. <br /><br />It intrigues me because I have those qualities in very short supply, if at all. I do not enter horse trials or marathons or ultras to win, to place, or even to continually improve and set new PRs. I run simply to live large, be a part of the day, see the scenery at a faster pace than hiking, and explore new territory that has been scouted out for me in advance. Except for occasionally setting my sights on passing a runner in front of me (with modest and infrequent success), there is no spirit of competition. So it is enlightening to have a glimpse into a very different persona.<br /><br />Surely in some measure it is a gender difference. I've read that females should be physiologically as capable as males in endurance events, but I suspect that as a group, we lack the necessary drive. When I compare myself to my gentleman, who runs all the same events I do, I find I don't have anywhere near the same threshold for discomfort or compulsion to press the limits. I have comfortably finished last at 5Ks, 10-milers and 50-milers-- and lived happily to tell the tale.<br /><br />But even if I cannot completely relate to the mentality that drives you to such extremes of challenge and success, I sure enjoy reading about it. <br /><br />--SylvanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780660902133427157.post-25580219906012940632009-05-27T06:49:17.098-07:002009-05-27T06:49:17.098-07:00These thoughts jumped out at me: There just isn't...These thoughts jumped out at me: There just isn't the room inside us for a wild eyed spiritual stoker. It is the well-advised application of effort over long periods of time, and the built-in wisdom that develops from that, fueling great athletes. <br /><br />I wonder, for those people who do have faith in the wild eyed spiritual stoker within and part of them, aren't they all the more empowered? Not only do they have their own potential and abilities, but that powerful faith and trust in God surely must give them an advantage. If this is the case, then why is it so easy for some to have such tremendous faith and others to have no faith or to struggle with faith? Wouldn't it make sense that if having faith led to greater success in life, they everyone should have it?Robin O Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351522737934636481noreply@blogger.com