Art Vandelay the fake one wrote:
Strutting around in little shorts, training for hobby jogger races, obsessing over miles and times, it's goofy.
Yet I'm out there every day, putting in the miles. Is this really something a respectable person would spend his time on? When we're dead, is this what we want to be remembered for?
1) You don't have to wear little shorts.
2) World Majors are not "hobby jogger races."
3) You don't have to obsess over your mileage or times.
4) We've evolved to run and be active, so I don't see it as being goofy. Anything can be seen as "goofy" if you look at it from a different perspective (kissing, shitting, etc.).
5) Yes, respectable people all over the world choose to pursue a healthy lifestyle by incorporating running into their daily/weekly exercise routine.
6) When you're dead, you won't want or feel or think anything. You'll be dead. But to answer the last question: no and yes. No if that is the only thing I'm remembered for (i.e., if it over takes my life to such an extent that my major point of definition in people's mind is that I ran). Yes if that is one thing out of a bunch of things that I'm remembered for. I do hope that when my kids are older and that I am gone, that they do remember dad leaving the house early every morning, coming home sweaty, and cooking them breakfast. I hope it encourages them to stay active and stay healthy so that they can also be there for their families well into their lives.