Status Updates From Amérique

"You do not stop a jogger who is jogging... If you stopped him to ask the time, he would BITE YOUR HEAD OFF... Nothing evokes the end of the world more than a man running straight ahead on a beach... [He] commits suicide by running up and down the beach. His eyes are wild, saliva drips from his mouth. Do not stop him. He will either hit you or simply carry on dancing around in front of you like a man possessed."

Awesome notes on running/NY Marathon: "Can we speak of suffering freely entered into as we might speak of a state of servitude freely entered into? ... They also dream... of bringing a victory message, but... their message has lost all meaning: it is merely the message of their arrival... the twilight message of a futile, superhuman effort... The marathon is a form of demonstrative suicide, suicide as advertising"