Month: July 2008

Amy and Dostovjefskij

Difficult as it is I have to admit that I don’t understand everything.

Life and especially people keeps on presenting you issues just beyond comprehension. Dostojevskij was well awere of this and his books are filled with observations of the Alien-like paradoxes of the Human Nature. How can you murder someone and not care ? How can you leave behind a great love in your life and be happy ? How can you forgive a lying whore and let a new life begin (Raskolnikov) ? I can’t for sure. But Dostojevskij must have seen futher and I suspect that the Christian principle of *Love* is the key. But what is that ? I rather interpret the issues in the concepts of pure Nature… our cells renew and thus forget, the Planet and the atmosphere is subject to changes, movement and evolution each second and no feeling, weather condition or any other moment has a very long duration. Time passes. But… I still find it difficult.

Take a modern example.. Amy Whitehouse. How can you be gifted with such a great talent and voice, be known world-wide and filthy rich … and still be so self-destructive and unhappy ? Another example of the incomprehensiveness of the Human Psyche.

Yeah… or rather no… I don’t understand !

Extreme !

Yet another weekend with two marathons, even the two toughest marathons in Denmark !

Firstly, Mjoelner marathon on Saturday, a very challenging and technically difficult race. Add to this temperatures at around 28 degrees and you have a cocktail only to drink for experienced and very stubborn runners. Pictures here.

Tor Rønnow at Extreme marathon 2008. Foto: Ole Cramer.

Then, Sunday… the hardest and toughest marathon in Denmark, Extreme marathon… including 4400 height meters !!! Let’s just say that I came through… but with great difficulties due to blisters and damage on the left Achilles, unfortunately somthing that still troubles me here four days after. See the extreme pics here.