Think Daily by Larry Janesky
Man down

“The imagination is far better at inventing tortures than life because the imagination is a demon within us and it knows where to strike – where it hurts” – Anais Nin I headed out away from my van with one concern. Why was Tanner “taking a rest” a mile ahead?…


Restoration

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked…


Escape

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes to where life is not painful. – Fernando Pessoa I tried to pull up again, but there was no way. There were hundreds of needles in me that were still very much attached to the cactus. I’d…


Piercing my luck

“Only the dead have seen the end of the war.” – Plato The desert is dry. Real dry. You’re sweating, but your motorcycle and the desert combine to create a 50-horsepower blow dryer. You never get wet. How much water do you lose? A lot. You keep drawing water from…


No time for rest

“At any given moment we can step forward into growth, or back into safety.”  - Abraham Maslow I didn’t want to blow the bike up, so I wasn’t going the maximum speed of nearly 100. I had it backed down to 85. Ahead I could see what I was looking…


The Goddess of Speed

"Studies show that the number one most important habit for success is self-discipline, sometimes called willpower, over long periods of time." Last year I went 600 miles in 27 ½ hours – but 400 of that was with serious whiplash – three vertebrae in my neck were way out to…


Performance-enhancing drugs

“Intention and theory don’t change the world – only decisive action does.”  I left the fourth van stop near San Felipe 5 ½ hours after the start of the race with plenty of energy. I knew there was a Baja Pit in this area too. The white tape I had…


"Grab the bars and own it"

“He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a living man.” - Seneca The end of night had to be close. I was heading east toward San Felipe and the Sea of Cortez. The deep, beautiful night sky began to relent at the horizon. I followed the course…


No ordinary moments

It was about 4 a.m. This was the same stretch of course I had run on my last leg two years ago when we raced as a team, except this time I was running it the opposite way. I knew to look out for a raised concrete platform that crossed…


A body in motion…

"A body in motion tends to remain in motion until acted on by an outside force." These hills were different. Up and down like other hills, but these were whooped out. Three-foot-deep waves, 12 feet from crest to crest. Waves up big slopes and down them again; and on side…


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