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Catfish · 07-09-21, 04:23 PM

It is only a weak impression of what is going on during the races, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour, and the Giro d'Italia..
You cannot imagine those races without people standing close to the track cheering or cursing.

If you ever took part in a race, and be it a modest one, you know what happens, and why. One of the best and hard books about personal experience of suffering and passion is Tim Krabbé's "The Runner". The first sentence goes like this:
"I am arriving at the village where the race starts to assemble my bicycle, some hundred bystanders and critics, the emptiness of their lives shock me." and "..in life you help someone who stumbles and is down, in the races you murder him".

07-09-21, 04:23 PM	#8
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,801 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	It is only a weak impression of what is going on during the races, Paris-Roubaix, the Tour, and the Giro d'Italia.. You cannot imagine those races without people standing close to the track cheering or cursing. If you ever took part in a race, and be it a modest one, you know what happens, and why. One of the best and hard books about personal experience of suffering and passion is Tim Krabbé's "The Runner". The first sentence goes like this: "I am arriving at the village where the race starts to assemble my bicycle, some hundred bystanders and critics, the emptiness of their lives shock me." and "..in life you help someone who stumbles and is down, in the races you murder him". __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.