Big Sur Marathon...

Recently I met an ex-colleague from Chicago who flew down all the way to San Francisco to run the Big Sur Marathon. Kudos to him, he finished the race in 3 hrs and 26 min, his best time ever and his third marathon in the last 1.5 years. The question is what really motivates one to run the marathon? It is the journey or making it to the finish line? Is it the adventure of taking up something that requires months of rigorous training and physical discipline or purely driven by the competitive spirit of making it in better time than the last run. Why do I know people who never stop at one and most go on to running more than one marathon in a lifetime. Does the fact that they even participate make them better than thousands others who don't even try? And again, is it for everybody? I have been struggling with these questions and many more. Well, then again I am not much of a runner, more of a brisk walker, and that could be the short answer to it all. But I do want to run a marathon at some point, at my own pace maybe. Hopefully some day....

Here are some gorgeous pictures of the big Sur landscape. If not for anything the stunning landscape could be a good motivation for one.