[pct-l] Setting the record straight

[Andrea Dinsmore]

HEAR HEAR to both of you..................

PCT MOM


On 8/7/08, Freiman, Paul <pfreiman at ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> Truly well said.
>
> I remember feeling this "high" when I was racing bikes.  There was a point
> where "pain and exhaustion" became "exhilararion and excitement."  There is
> no way you can describe this feeling to someone who hasn't achieved it.  I
> remember the day I lost "it", because I went under the fitness
> threshold.  I'm jealous of Silent Scott and Tatoo Joe.  They are having a
> "Lance Armstrong 8th Tour de France victory" moment.  They are at one with
> their bodies.  They are having the time of their lives.  Not because they
> are setting the record; but the feeling that when they ask something of
> their bodies, the bodies deliver.  People analyze others from their
> experiences, and very few of us have had the experience of asking our bodies
> to go 35-50 miles a day for 71 days.  They just can't believe it is
> exhilararing for some.
>
> Capt Bivy, the "has-been"
> Better to be a has-been than a never-was.
>
>
> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:20:29 -0700
> From: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> Subject: [pct-l] Setting the record straight
>
> Some folks may not understand this, but there is great satisfaction in
> setting extremely high goals and
> then pushing your body to the extreme to achieve those goals.
>
>
> Remember, this is their hike not your hike so please do not criticize
> their hike because it differs
> from the way you hike and I promise you they will never criticize your
> hike no matter how much
> your hike differs from their hike.
>
> JMT Reinhold
>
>
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