Monday, August 28, 2006
Are we pursuing the wrong personal records?
Go to Complete Running today and read the opinion piece by Adeel that leads today's lineup at the moment. He claims the running blogosphere shouldn't praise mediocrity as it does. He also notes that it's now easier to run a marathon than to run shorter distances at an impressive speed. And he dings both Dean Karnazes and Sam Thompson for their grandstanding, which I find especially interesting. Most running bloggers who've noted both men's achievements have called Karnazes a media whore, while lavishing kudos on Thompson.
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I'm enjoying the response to his article. :)
Interesting article, which I agree with to a certain extent, but I would rather see a mass explosion of people out running marathons and hopefully adopting a healthy lifestyle than praising someone for how fast they can run, or high they can jump, or how accurate they can throw a ball.
Interesting for sure. It strikes me as funny how worked up runners can get over the speed vs. distance discussion. And about whether or not charity runners or walkers are really running a marathon. Who really cares? Shouldn't it be about your personal accomplishment - whether or not you met your goal, trained hard for it and pushed for it on the day of the race? Does it take something away from your own accomplishment if the guy next to you walked the whole thing? I don't think so - I think what matters is what is whether I did what I set out to do.
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