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<blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 6040574" data-attributes="member: 29746"><p>I've never done any competitive athletics before in my life, aside from a brief stint on a high school track team as a sprinter when I was in 9th grade (I'm 39 now, so that was more than 20 years ago).</p><p> </p><p>I have, however, been working out at a gym on my way home from work most nights, Monday-Friday, for the past (almost) six years, because it happens to be a 24-hour gym and also happens to be almost directly on the path I use to get home from work whether or not I go to the gym that night. So I'm in really good shape these days, better than I ever honestly thought I could be back in college.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year I did something crazy: I signed up for a Spartan Race. And not a Sprint, one of the 3-mile races they advise beginners to do; I signed up for a Super- one of the longer 8+ mile courses with 20 or more obstacles (mine was about 9 miles long). My goal wasn't to be competitive; this was just my first ONE after all. My goal was simply to finish. My dad, upon hearing I'd signed up for one (and checking out the website and watching a few videos), didn't even think I could do that.</p><p> </p><p>Last Saturday, I proved him wrong by crossing the finish line about 3 1/2 hours after I started. I may have been poorly prepared by wearing the wrong clothes (do <strong>not</strong> wear cotton; it's guaranteed to get wet and weigh you down), not eating a large enough breakfast, and a few other factors, but by Goddess I <strong>finished</strong> the thing.</p><p> </p><p>And really, just going through the course was an adventure in itself. They even had a few obstacles that made me think of D&D adventures: the prime example was one mud-pit which had a bunch of posts pounded down into the bottom vertically, with metal mesh on top of the posts so you could gain traction- and you had to leap from post to post to get across. How many DMs and players out there recognize <strong>that</strong> old saw, eh? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p>I'm already planning to do more next year, though given my finances I probably won't be able to do very many. Even so: it was crazy, nobody in my family or close circle of friends thought I'd really be able to do it, but I tried anyway- and now victory and glory are mine (with a medal to prove it)!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paradox42, post: 6040574, member: 29746"] I've never done any competitive athletics before in my life, aside from a brief stint on a high school track team as a sprinter when I was in 9th grade (I'm 39 now, so that was more than 20 years ago). I have, however, been working out at a gym on my way home from work most nights, Monday-Friday, for the past (almost) six years, because it happens to be a 24-hour gym and also happens to be almost directly on the path I use to get home from work whether or not I go to the gym that night. So I'm in really good shape these days, better than I ever honestly thought I could be back in college. Earlier this year I did something crazy: I signed up for a Spartan Race. And not a Sprint, one of the 3-mile races they advise beginners to do; I signed up for a Super- one of the longer 8+ mile courses with 20 or more obstacles (mine was about 9 miles long). My goal wasn't to be competitive; this was just my first ONE after all. My goal was simply to finish. My dad, upon hearing I'd signed up for one (and checking out the website and watching a few videos), didn't even think I could do that. Last Saturday, I proved him wrong by crossing the finish line about 3 1/2 hours after I started. I may have been poorly prepared by wearing the wrong clothes (do [B]not[/B] wear cotton; it's guaranteed to get wet and weigh you down), not eating a large enough breakfast, and a few other factors, but by Goddess I [B]finished[/B] the thing. And really, just going through the course was an adventure in itself. They even had a few obstacles that made me think of D&D adventures: the prime example was one mud-pit which had a bunch of posts pounded down into the bottom vertically, with metal mesh on top of the posts so you could gain traction- and you had to leap from post to post to get across. How many DMs and players out there recognize [B]that[/B] old saw, eh? :D I'm already planning to do more next year, though given my finances I probably won't be able to do very many. Even so: it was crazy, nobody in my family or close circle of friends thought I'd really be able to do it, but I tried anyway- and now victory and glory are mine (with a medal to prove it)! [/QUOTE]
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