On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: > Some people are masochists, some are highly competitive alphas. A few are > both. > > Then there are sheep. And also lemmings. > > I've participated in organised mountain bike races. Sure, I could have > ridden those course without the other participants at any other time, > but I never pushed myself as hard as when I was racing. "The pursuit > of the breaking point" is what I used to call it. I never did reach > it, which might be for the best.
I think competition is different. Many of the people who run marathon "races" aren't there to compete. The same for century rides. So if competition isn't a motivator, why not just prepare for a 26.2 mile jog or a 100k bike ride, and then go do it on your own? > But maybe Obelix had it right when he said "people are crazy". In the mid-80s, while living in Germany, I acquired a copy of "Asterix the Gaul". English language for the European market. It is one of the few things I found funny as a child that I still find funny. It appears that the people who translated it later for the American market went to great lengths to make it unappealing to children and adults. -- Scott (I am not fat!) Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ __o _'\<,_ (*)/ (*) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
