超馬語錄

"Find the level of intolerance you can tolerate and stay there."
- David Horton

要忍其非常忍.

"The thing I don't like about Western States is that you show up at the starting line in the best shape of your life and a day later you are in Auburn in the worst shape of your life."
- Andy Black, on Western States

我不喜歡 西域超馬 (Western States 100 miles, 全長約 160 公里, 總爬升 4737m, 總下降 7001m) 的一點, 就是在起點時, 是一生中最佳狀態, 可是過了一天之後, 抵達歐本 (Auburn, 終點), 卻是一生中最糟狀態.

"The luxurious ache of tired but not weary limbs."
- Michael Fairless, 'The Roadmender'.

豪華爽快的酸痛來自於疲憊但不厭倦的四肢

"There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing."
- Ben Zander, according to aspiring ultrarunner Sophia Lewis

那有天氣不好這回事, 只有衣服穿錯而已.

"Well, there *used* to be a trail here somewhere ...  "
- Kent Street

咦! 以前這裡附近是有個步道啊...

"Do you think we were supposed to turn back there?"
- Skip Eastman at Mackenzie River 50

你覺得我們是不是該在那裡迴轉?

"Ow."
- Stan Jensen at 1995 AC100

糟了!

譯註: 以上三位仁兄好像跑得快要迷路了!

再五條,

"I decided to go for a little run."
- Forrest Gump

我決定去小跑一下 (阿甘正傳).

"The best conditioned athlete is a long distance runner".
- John Thompson of the Georgetown Hoyas

長跑者才是最佳狀況的運動員.

"Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal."
- Luis Escobar

當您不專注於目標時, 您眼前所見將盡是障礙.

"You can never run a hill too hard, you will collapse before hurting it."
- Submitted by Adam Born

爬坡絕對沒法跑得太快, 因為在筋骨感到傷痛之前, 身子早已崩潰倒地了.

(譯註: 跑超馬的人, 其耐力是無可限量的, 心理耐力早已超越生理的忍受程度了)

"BTW, I still think the WS trail is one of the most beautiful places that
I have vomited."
- Mary Gorski, 1999 WS attemptee and 2001 finisher

順便告訴您, 西域超馬始終是我所嘔吐過最為漂亮的地方.

(作者她在 1999年嘗試西域超馬 (見 2006年 第 33 屆西域超馬 - 100 英里耐力跑) 未成, 終於在兩年後完跑.)

"Ultras, where the athlete pays and the spectator gets in free."

超馬賽不就是選手花錢給觀眾免費欣賞.

"Don't out-run your stomach."

不要跑得比您的胃還快哦! (譯註: 要記得肝醣補充, 可別餓著了, 感謝英謙兄與 wes 教練的指正)

"Those of us who finish near the back make the rest of you look good."
- Tom Kaisersatt

我們這些後段班的同學, 主要就是讓你們其他人看起來跑得不錯.

"We take these risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping us."
- Scott Crabb

我們之所以要冒險 (跑超馬), 不是為了逃避生活, 而是不要讓自己失去生命的意義.

"I refuse to tip-toe through life only to arrive at death safely."
- Scott Weber

我不想為了要活得安穩, 而因此躡手躡腳地過完此生.