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Exactly: Try to describe the Ragnar to nonparticipants, and the first thing they want to know is, “Why?” For the first uphill mile of Leg 16, I was asking myself the same question. But then something about the situation — the blackness; the eeriness of hearing nothing but my own breathing and footfalls — triggered an epiphany. “Dadgummit,” I realized, “I’m at the point in life where I shouldn’t be required to have a why. I should be able to do bizarre things occasionally without having to explain them to anyone, including myself.” Other members of our team had sublime moments during their runs — a picturesque moon over Lake George; a sunrise over Lake Champlain. But for me nothing topped the realization in the steep, solitary darkness that I don’t need to rationalize the irrational; I can just experience it. nytimes/2013/11/03/travel/196-2-miles-only-some-in-a-tutu.html?pagewanted=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:18:27 +0000

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