Archive For July 28, 2023
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves: ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?” – Nelson Mandela That Nelson…
Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence. – Steve Prefontaine No running? What the hell kind of cross-country training is that? I’m going for a run. Brooks headed out the door, the feeling of freedom and rebellion…
Here’s something from the early Nineties. From the Wild Dog Chronicles. I have respect for the wild life. Which is why I applied for a job at Jungle Gardens in Sarasota. Providing On-Premises Graveyard Shift Security. That’s what I do. I’m a hired gun. In return for punching a clock from eleven p.m. to five…
“Isn’t it great that our sport doesn’t need human judges? No need for us to worry about ‘artistic’ merit, no one around taking off points for our form. All we’ve got to do is just put low numbers on the objective, non-partisan, incorruptible clock. Best is least.“ I have an old friend I haven’t known…
The sci-fi writer William Gibson’s proverb, “the future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed,” is the obverse of Faulkner’s “the past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – Justin Taylor Going boating with the neighbors tomorrow, so I was thinking about an American’s median life expectancy. Turns out it is 76.4 years. …
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela Imagine you only believe what you already think you know. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT. Imagine you only hear from others what you have…
My first sight of bigtime road racers was on Memorial Day, 1972. Greenwich. My first road race and I turned out to be faster than I thought. Short course. Most vivid memory has to be watching Amby Burfoot and John Vitale warm up for the event. They ran ten miles before the five-mile competition. Can…