tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19918354.post9171926238254983124..comments2023-10-11T04:19:28.002-07:00Comments on Method to the Madness: Pandora's Race - the Danger of Signing Up for a 100-Mile Trail Run - SYNCRO-BLOGJimmy Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10515398081664479039noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19918354.post-55904718109825509002013-07-03T18:00:49.272-07:002013-07-03T18:00:49.272-07:00I read this post because you alluded to it on a TR...I read this post because you alluded to it on a TRN podcast. I would describe myself as a potential ultra runner in crisis, meaning I've never run longer than 26.2, and yet events in my life leave me feeling an almost tidal pull toward foolishness. So, I've signed up for a mountain marathon (standard 26.2) with the idea that somehow taking that step will bitch-slap me back to my senses.....OR....I move on to a 50K I have my eyes on. So I read your post and think to myself "Ok, I'm not talked out of it, but I'm not yet convinced I won't chicken out when the time comes."<br />Either way, the test will come. And maybe the test isn't so much the event itself, but the commitment and DAILY decisions that come along with it.<br />Just like in any extreme physical test (like a mountain trail ultra)life will test your fidelity to an idea that perhaps you CAN do this (run the race, get the girl, get the job, get the deal, pass the Bar, etc.)<br /><br />So, while I'm not yet talked off the ledge, I appreciate your presentation of yin-yang and what it means both for the actual event and in life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646970337634090400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19918354.post-60464743440816921672013-01-18T13:32:32.117-08:002013-01-18T13:32:32.117-08:00Yeah, um, exactly. I got hooked so long ago, and e...Yeah, um, exactly. I got hooked so long ago, and every year I promise myself never again. We'll see if this year will be the one.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493291972954387932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19918354.post-70875625710059179892012-12-14T09:01:44.749-08:002012-12-14T09:01:44.749-08:00Dig that....Dig that....Michael Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019824421609189288noreply@blogger.com