the craziest goddamned thing ever

[rone]

"It will take time to sink in... but this is an absolutely once in a life time thing. They say ignorance is bliss, and now that I know how hard this is, I would never consider crossing the Sahara on foot again."

Comments

[missionista.livejournal.com]

Wow. I don't even have words to describe just how insane that is!

[dagbrown.livejournal.com]

Good ghod.

I thought they were hiking across the Sahara, not fucking running!

Holy shit.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Bonkers. But awesome, too.

[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

Every time I hear about something like this I feel compelled to mention Jesper Olsen (http://www.worldrun.org/). He ran across North America, Northern Europe, Asia, and Australia in about 22 months (2004-05). For the bulk of his trip he carried his supplies with him. One of the contemporaneous message board postings about him mentions that while crossing Canada he often slept in a tent on the side of the road and ate canned spaghetti.

I have no joke here, I just like saying "training secrets of ultra-long-distance runners."

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Well, Christ no!

Next time he'll do it on his hands, obviously.

runners are weirdos

[divisadero.livejournal.com]

I hope they had enough bandaids for their nipples.

[kjc007.livejournal.com]

Holy crap! That's... um... impressive and insane.

Good cause, though.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Think of all the stuff you could get done if you did nothing but work towards your goal(s) for 111 days.

I mean, you couldn't make old wine or sharp cheddar cheese, but you could pick up a couple of languages, take a crack at Linear B, climb the highest mountain *very casually,* or catch up on all the reading you ever thought you'd wanted to accomplish in your lifespan.

Motivation is important, of course, but nobody's going to give you a big prize for bugging out of the middle of the desert, so you might as well keep on running; I gotta figure out how to apply that to real life.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

First thing you should do is pick your goals carefully, i think.