Mark, You are an accomplished runner, but a bit harsh with that 'pretend' comment. I watched a young man, 6'2" and a little pudgy with low self-confidence change. He trained and ran 3 or 4 marathons. He lost a little weight but never became 'cross country runner' thin, but he did gain a lot of confidence in himself. He did it! For most of us, just running a marathon would be a lofty goal. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: >>I think competition is different. Many of the people who run marathon >>"races" aren't there to compete. > > There are two reasons people run marathons: > To compete (even against oneself and one's previous best time) > To pretend to compete (to be able to tell friends "I ran a marathon!") -- 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.