tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19198437.post114705370387419454..comments2023-10-29T06:20:02.501-04:00Comments on Rupture the Rapture: Monster of the Mini-MarathonTerry Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09854019175361194687noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19198437.post-1147312532578095942006-05-10T21:55:00.000-04:002006-05-10T21:55:00.000-04:00You did kick butt Terry. Well done! :)You did kick butt Terry. Well done! :)Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114216106572393906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19198437.post-1147214622197416942006-05-09T18:43:00.000-04:002006-05-09T18:43:00.000-04:00Jazzy & Ravish,Thanks for your reponses. Just to p...Jazzy & Ravish,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your reponses. Just to put the times I reported for both my son and myself, in some perspective, the winner finished in 1:03:22. By the time I streaked across the finish line, the winner and the second placer were likely winging their way back to Kenya or other destinations unknown.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, I will go around believing I kicked butt. That will be my story, and I'll stick to it.<BR/><BR/>TLSTerry Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854019175361194687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19198437.post-1147178107225613062006-05-09T08:35:00.000-04:002006-05-09T08:35:00.000-04:00Terry,Congratulations, and thanks for the laugh......Terry,<BR/>Congratulations, and thanks for the laugh...<BR/>Jazzycatjazzycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720471765591930568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19198437.post-1147172595256352092006-05-09T07:03:00.000-04:002006-05-09T07:03:00.000-04:00Hi Terry,It was nice read about your effort in the...Hi Terry,<BR/><BR/>It was nice read about your effort in the <BR/>mini-marathon. Bombay, the city I live in, also has hosted a few marathons in the recent past. A few of the multinational corporations that have entered India in the wake of liberalised foreign trade policies of the government, had organised them as an advertisement. This is fine by me but what bothered me was that this was done under the guise of charity; by roping in celebrities, "suporting a cause".<BR/>Not as sport as an end in itself, but as a means to a higher, nobler end.<BR/><BR/>Sport is essentially a self-centered activity and is enjoyed both by participants and spectators for that reason. Sportsmen enjoy the sense of achievement after the pushing their bodies to limit toward their<BR/>goal and spectators enjoy and cheer the sportsmen as they derive the inspiration to achieve their own goals in whatever field of activity they are engaged in.<BR/><BR/>This is one more indicator of the fundamental difference between the <BR/>cultures of India and the USA, of <BR/>Individualism vs Altruism. <BR/>----<BR/>I posted a blog (my first one), a few days back, entitled <A HREF="http://ravish-v.blogspot.com/2006/05/terry-let-us-eschew-apologies-for.html" REL="nofollow">Reply to terry</A><BR/><BR/>Ravish.Ravishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902568583188529626noreply@blogger.com