Motivation for the Week: Chase the Mammoth
May 11th, 2009 by Gavin
If you run without sacrifice, congratulations you just jogged.
Running hurts. It always has. Wolley Mammoths didnt just roll over on a plate and serve themselves up to Prehistoric Man with a portion of gravy chips (loveabitofgravychipsme) and a cola. They had to be caught – and supposidly catching a Wolley Mammoth was a bitch !
Running is still a bitch but with a purpose. It teaches us that good things do not come easy. It teaches us that we are capable of more than we think. It teaches us that hard work will be rewarded and laziness will be punished. Don’t expect to learn those life lessons from runnings shiftless stepchild – jogging.
Next time you suffer on the roads or trails, suffer proudly. (indianarunner)
and if I see you ill shake an angry fist in the air and shout
CHASE THE MAMMOTH !
and when your done we can go for some gravy chips and a cola . . . . promise
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May 11th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Gav, some poet you are, you know dat?
I know its partly the Irish in you, but how you come up with those thoughts despite – or maybe BECAUSE of!- our common denominator- fatigue (mental and physical) is mythical.
I’m about to go “suffer profoundly”- maybe it’ll shed some light on the topic. Or maybe I’ll just chase the Mammoth…
May 11th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
whats a wolley mammoth? but i like the sentiment. out for a run the morn and ill be chasing the dream down the road, hurting. giddyup!
May 13th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Not sure Gavin.
Discovery or National Geographic have a documentry about a mammoth they found frozen somewhere and the thing is no bigger than a labrador!!. I think there was a bit of “..and it was this big” passed down through the years.