HuffNPuff wrote:
Mike Prevost wrote:
HuffNPuff wrote:
M~ wrote:
The GMAN wrote:
I don't see the point but to each their own.1. No entry fees
2. True test of mental and physical toughness (nobody to draft off of, nobody cheering you on)
3. If you need to bail for whatever reason you aren't out $700+
4. If you need to move your race from one week to another, pretty easy to do.
5. Do it in the off season when you don't get hosed on hotel fees.
I could likely go on if you want.
I don't see the point either. This is like the question "If a tree falls in the woods, but there is no one around to hear it, did it make a noise?"
Regardless, the paradox of #3 is that the probability, at least for me, of bailing out of a non-event halfway through the run is close to 100% while the probability of bailing out an event where I paid $700+ is exactly 0% (at least to date).
Your point about #3 is exactly the reason to do it.
But there would be no POINT in doing it since I already know in advance that as soon as I got to that POINT in the run that I would bail because there would be no POINT in completing it. :)
Agreed. If you don't have the mental toughness to do this, and you know it, then attempting it is a bad idea. On the other hand, those of us who don't need the crowds, the recognition, the finishers medal, can readily see the value in stepping up to a big challenge with nothing to gain other than the self satisfaction that you did something hard when you didn't have to. You rose to the challenge and did not quit, even when nobody was around to watch. To those who don't understand the value in that, too bad for you. You are missing something.
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