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I’ve been thinking a lot about fear the last few days. Surprisingly, it was sparked by an article I read in one of the pile of mostly trashy magazines I brought on the odyssey of a plane ride home from Eugene last week. As entertaining as they are, normally I don’t come away from reading Us Weekly or Star with a realization any deeper than “man Paula Abdul is ALWAYS on that embarrassing outfits page in the back”- but this was an Oprah approved article so it was pretty insightful. The article was about how sometimes people use a fear of failure as a subconscious motivation to self-sabotage themselves just to end the anxiety of worrying about failing. I know it sounds convoluted and makes no sense, but naturally I tried applying the idea to racing. I was familiar with the Nelson Mandella quote about not fearing greatness, and the idea that fearing the new expectations and the power that come with success may subconsciously hold someone back, but this was an interesting new angle on the idea of fear getting in the way of someone accomplishing her dreams. click here to read full post…
Aside from conveniently being the name of the Saucony casual product line, I have been thinking about how running culture is an actual phenomenon. I was thinking about this as I was embarking on my quest for abs in the gym the other day. I noticed a group of dudes who showed up pretty regularly and lifted pretty hard. One of them was there every day, mostly training high school kids, but he must have been a body builder of some kind himself. Between the time he obviously spent lifting and the time he spent training the kids, he must live in the gym. “Lame” I thought, not realizing my hypocrisy. He was meticulous beyond anything I’ve ever witnessed or… more »
