I attended a recent community forum meeting. We were all there to hear young Aussie adventurer Jessica Watson telling her story about how she was the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
In a world fuelled on video games, i-phones and other virtual things, it was refreshing to see that the good old fashioned spirit of adventure was still alive in some – and even more so in someone so young.
She had set her goal, mapped it out and planned it like one would any work project and gone for it. One can only but bow to this and hope that many other people old and young are inspired through it.
I fell into conversation with a few of the older members of the audience and the topic turned to running since they had noticed the Comrades logo on the polo shirt that I was wearing.
Turns out that all three I was talking to were runners and one had completed Comrades some 30 + years previously. He and his mate had also amazingly completed many Six Foot Track marathons. In fact they had been part of the group that had been running The Track long before it was even an organised event. For our international readers, I include a video link here to give an idea of the Track.
Amazing achievements and I took great heart and inspiration from the fact that they were still running shorter distances (now in their mid 80s). In an act of bravado, one of them lifted his shirt to illustrate that he still had a six pack.
I can only wish that this is the case with all of us runners and may we be not only be still running into old age, but also sharing our knowledge and stories with the youth of tomorrow. – Sean Muller
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