headaches begin
yeah so much for prying myself away from the keyboard.
i have a headache right now. do you know why? because i only had 40 oz. of diet dew today. oh dear lord what have i done to myself!! this sucks. i'm going cold turkey so i expect to possibly take an aspirin or two over the next few days, even though i hate taking any sort of pills. i wonder if the aspirin will even help. stupid diet dew.
i think i might be the only person in the world who reads running magazines + fitness magazines + weightlifting magazines + motivational books, while eating pizza. and maybe a couple pieces of candy. what is wrong with me! geez.
Ultramathon Man, the review.
--my takeaway from this book is that we do not expand our minds enough to achieve what we are truly capable of. we construct these little boundaries of what we believe we can accomplish both physically and mentally. expand those boundaries! you are capable of accomplishing so much more. imagine it. do it. i plan to.
--the author compliments himself *profusely* throughout the entire book. this was annoying in the beginning but then it was just hilarious. he compliments his upper body, his forearms, he says he's ripped (twice), he brags about how much money he made in the beginning of his career (seriously), he talks about all the trophies and medals and plaques he has, he mentions that he is on a lot of magazine covers, and he devotes an entire section to being named one of the s3xiest men alive or something (he includes a picture too). those are only some of the compliments he pays to himself. i have read a lot of autobiographies of VERY successful businessmen and none of them are even close to this braggy. it was hilarious!
--this tops it all. he talks about the time when one of his buddies completed a 50km race...the next day, he (the author) gave his male buddy a TAMPON as a gift for finishing! what?? i don't really get it but i think he was trying to say that his buddy was like a girl for only doing a 50km race. whatever, i don't even want to try to interpret it. that story should not have been in the book.
--the best part was his detailed description of his first 100 mile race. that might be worth the price of the book.
i have a headache right now. do you know why? because i only had 40 oz. of diet dew today. oh dear lord what have i done to myself!! this sucks. i'm going cold turkey so i expect to possibly take an aspirin or two over the next few days, even though i hate taking any sort of pills. i wonder if the aspirin will even help. stupid diet dew.
i think i might be the only person in the world who reads running magazines + fitness magazines + weightlifting magazines + motivational books, while eating pizza. and maybe a couple pieces of candy. what is wrong with me! geez.
Ultramathon Man, the review.
--my takeaway from this book is that we do not expand our minds enough to achieve what we are truly capable of. we construct these little boundaries of what we believe we can accomplish both physically and mentally. expand those boundaries! you are capable of accomplishing so much more. imagine it. do it. i plan to.
--the author compliments himself *profusely* throughout the entire book. this was annoying in the beginning but then it was just hilarious. he compliments his upper body, his forearms, he says he's ripped (twice), he brags about how much money he made in the beginning of his career (seriously), he talks about all the trophies and medals and plaques he has, he mentions that he is on a lot of magazine covers, and he devotes an entire section to being named one of the s3xiest men alive or something (he includes a picture too). those are only some of the compliments he pays to himself. i have read a lot of autobiographies of VERY successful businessmen and none of them are even close to this braggy. it was hilarious!
--this tops it all. he talks about the time when one of his buddies completed a 50km race...the next day, he (the author) gave his male buddy a TAMPON as a gift for finishing! what?? i don't really get it but i think he was trying to say that his buddy was like a girl for only doing a 50km race. whatever, i don't even want to try to interpret it. that story should not have been in the book.
--the best part was his detailed description of his first 100 mile race. that might be worth the price of the book.
posted by brent at
10:10 PM
7 Comments:
I remember an old joke... 2 kids had saved some money from collecting pop bottles. When asked what they were going to buy one said "Tampons". When asked why he said "Cause I saw on TV that with Tampons you can swim, ski, run real fast and do just about anything".
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Dawn - Pink Chick Tris, at 12:20 AM
Hee hee, Dawn, that's funny. I like that interpretation, without taking life too seriously it still pisses me off when men insult each other by saying they're like women in some way.
Brent I know you can overcome the Dew Demon! Baby steps, baby.
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M@rla, at 7:15 AM
Marla, I agree--what's so "insulting" about being a woman? That pisses me off too.
Brent, from the reviews on Amazon, the book hasn't been too popular so I appreciate your brief recap since I probably won't be buying it...maybe I can check it out at the library just to read his description of the 100 mile run though.
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lainb, at 1:33 PM
You can do it!! My sister (who was also addidicted to Dew) gave it up for lent and she survived. Good Luck!
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April Anne, at 10:03 PM
Yeah, won't be reading this book anytime soon.
How's the asprin trick working? Down with the Dew!
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Megan, at 8:42 AM
I love reading fitness stuff and/or watching FitTV while eating junk--it's the best!
I absolutely love your review, Brent. I saw Mr. Ultra on 60 minutes last night and he did seem a bit full of himself. I'm going to see him read tonight, which might be funny.
But that tampon thing, what is that about? Grrrrr.
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vj, at 11:36 AM
Only a girly-man would give a fellow male runner a tampon. That's kind of bizarre. Well, I think you have to be a little ... odd, to run those kind of distances, frankly!
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Nancy Toby, at 8:05 PM
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