Comments on: inspiration waveform http://viveksekar.com/blog/2008/07/30/inspiration-waveform/ When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. — Leonardo da Vinci Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:12:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: dolby http://viveksekar.com/blog/2008/07/30/inspiration-waveform/comment-page-1/#comment-101 dolby Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:27:07 +0000 http://viveksekar.com/blog/2008/07/30/inspiration-waveform/#comment-101 This is bit complex for me comment. Let me put it this way. Your heard from your friend about the Newyork marathon : You got inspired : Started jogging and walking : Came to know the fee's is 75Euro : Got a bit deflated since you are first timer : But then, you decided not to stop this running/jogging just because you may/may not participate : Good decision! From what you have written i see that 75Euro seems to be the biggest deflation. But is it worth to give up something which inspired you just because of 75Euro? I agree you are not going to stop jogging/running. That is different issue. Frankly speaking, after i read this i was just wondering "Is it really Vivek who is bothered about the 75Euro for the thing which inspired him". And in the website it's mentioned "Each runner finishing within 6 hours receives a Helsinki City Marathon medal. The following is a list of prizes for the best finishing times: Men: 1st 3 500 EUR, 2nd 2 000 EUR, 3rd 1 000 EUR " You can aim for the first three place or rather try to complete the race. If you are in the top three, your 75Euro gets paid off else i am pretty sure after you complete the race there will be this "personal satisfaction", "a small happiness for what you did" that will remain forever. Many a times its all about WINNING others but sometime(rather all time) its more about how much we challenge ourself and WIN ourself our limitations. And the third possibility, if you have to retire, still you can cheer up because from the opportunity you know where you stand. By no means i am trying to convince you to join the marathon. But why too of much dangling thoughts for this?????... In case you need good competitor on par with you, well i may try. If you finish before me i will pay for you. If i finish you pay for me. Is that fair enough? This is bit complex for me comment. Let me put it this way.

Your heard from your friend about the Newyork marathon : You got inspired : Started jogging and walking : Came to know the fee’s is 75Euro : Got a bit deflated since you are first timer : But then, you decided not to stop this running/jogging just because you may/may not participate : Good decision!

From what you have written i see that 75Euro seems to be the biggest deflation. But is it worth to give up something which inspired you just because of 75Euro? I agree you are not going to stop jogging/running. That is different issue. Frankly speaking, after i read this i was just wondering “Is it really Vivek who is bothered about the 75Euro for the thing which inspired him”.

And in the website it’s mentioned

“Each runner finishing within 6 hours receives a Helsinki City Marathon medal. The following is a list of prizes for the best finishing times: Men: 1st 3 500 EUR, 2nd 2 000 EUR, 3rd 1 000 EUR ”

You can aim for the first three place or rather try to complete the race. If you are in the top three, your 75Euro gets paid off else i am pretty sure after you complete the race there will be this “personal satisfaction”, “a small happiness for what you did” that will remain forever. Many a times its all about WINNING others but sometime(rather all time) its more about how much we challenge ourself and WIN ourself our limitations. And the third possibility, if you have to retire, still you can cheer up because from the opportunity you know where you stand.

By no means i am trying to convince you to join the marathon. But why too of much dangling thoughts for this?????… In case you need good competitor on par with you, well i may try. If you finish before me i will pay for you. If i finish you pay for me. Is that fair enough?

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