On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:54:02PM -0500, Scott Loveless wrote: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Need for Achievement. Absolutely! 'I can do this!' Set goals then > > achieve them. > > Right. But why is an organized event with a gazillion other people > the motivator? > > > Need for Affiliation. Look at all the similar people I meet and can > > become affiliated with. > > That could be it. But why do we need some sanctioning body to > recognize it? There are running clubs, bicycle clubs, swimming clubs, > etc. that are populated by people who will never compete, but they'll > do it for the camaraderie or the exercise or whatever. Then, some of > them will train together so they can all go run some event with a > gazillion other people. Which leads me to believe that in many people > with lemmingitis, the affiliation isn't the motivator. It's the > recognition by the sanctioning body. Again, why? >
Proof. Proof that i did it. Proof that you didn't. Look at me! I have a medal and you don't! I'm great and you are not. Plus they love telling war stories about their training. Only two weeks to go before my marathon. Oh, i'm so sore because, you know, i'm training for a marathon. Ouch, i tweaked my knee training for a marathon. The marathon was sooo hard, but i finished in less time than my goal! blah blah blah. Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
