tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217670599100952035.post4842674069454645817..comments2024-01-23T05:10:35.472-05:00Comments on Reading, Running, and Red Sox: The Marathon Monksgibsonmeigshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094122509371844728noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217670599100952035.post-90249105794661981602011-10-18T13:45:08.902-04:002011-10-18T13:45:08.902-04:00Damn, thanks for the links! I love what you can fi...Damn, thanks for the links! I love what you can find on the internet.<br /><br />I love this story, and regardless of their pace, think their feat and dedication is incredible. I can only imagine the state of their bodies (and minds!) after such effort and such a fast.<br /><br />Having said that, i'm starting to think that becoming a marathoner involves more than just devotion and time. Kind of like the old joke that you can't be a good rock n' roller on talent alone: you have to have the liver to keep up with the lifestyle; you really do have to have a solid enough body infrastructure to withstand the pounding that so much running puts on your body. Perhaps the monks have it right in that they're not running on pavement (and they're probably barefoot as well!) and they're not concerned with pace, only finishing.gibsonmeigshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094122509371844728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217670599100952035.post-33714296617495380772011-10-18T11:52:23.108-04:002011-10-18T11:52:23.108-04:00Here is an NPR story, which certainly suggests the...Here is an NPR story, which certainly suggests the practice involves walking, not running:<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125223168<br /><br />And, some Buddhist sites describe it as hiking:<br /><br />http://www.ocbuddhist.org/Messages/Harada/HaradaJan2002.htm<br /><br />It seems that the (ultra)running community may have created a little bit of a myth here. But a fun one!Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308509561834397951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217670599100952035.post-51547651272784717092011-10-18T11:22:46.523-04:002011-10-18T11:22:46.523-04:00i remember reading this book in college and the in...i remember reading this book in college and the intro about the marathon monks being the one lasting thing i took away from it. <br /><br />there is an interesting write-up here: http://www.lehigh.edu/~dmd1/holly.html<br /><br />and i remember watching a youtube video or something similar that showed one of the monks in part of his journey. i think they mostly do fast walking... or at least we aren't talking about fast running, but it's still pretty remarkable what they do in a stretch of time.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02002087469616786196noreply@blogger.com