Somewhat Manly Nerd » running http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog infrequent blogging from some dude Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:36:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Usain Bolt is Kinda Fast http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/08/16/usain-bolt-is-kinda-fast/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/08/16/usain-bolt-is-kinda-fast/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:06:48 +0000 CajoleJuice http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=1915

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqlHEwmyPXw

Dude just ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds. I’m not even sure my old 1987 Volvo could have done that. When will we hit the limit of human anatomy when it comes to such a short event? Can you imagine some ancient Roman seeing a person run this fast? They would have thought he was a god.

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I don’t know what a “runner’s high” is. I’ve never experienced it. I’ve only experienced regret as I realized I have run over a mile away from my house. It seems a person needs to be a special type of masochist to enjoy running. Heck, I’m an emotional masochist myself, but not physical. I rather play an actual sport than just RUN. It’s so goddamn boring. I tried going for a run yesterday and was winded 7 minutes in. I tried listening to LCD Soundsystem – 45:33 while I ran, but I was already back home by the time it started reaching its climax. Failure.

Running just sucks. I will never get it.

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