monday, april 17, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 5
Jogging junkies are cases of hit and run, hit and run, hit and run
As if we didn't have ennnoh tn worn
about, the magazine "Psychology Today"
reports a new threat to our tattered social
fabric - fogging junkies."
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William Morgan, a professor of physical
education, says dedicated runners often
achieve an "exercise high," during which
they disassociate, hallucinate and exper
ience other symptoms similar to a drug
trip. Eventually, he says, they become
"exercise addicts . . . who cannot exist
without exercise, whatever the cost."
I hate airing our family linen in public,
but perhaps the story of what happened to
my brother, Bert, will serve as an example
to one and all.
Bert always was a wild, devil-may-care
sort, incapable of refusing a dare. We
thought when he married Peggy and had
the two kids he might settle down.
I remember it as though it were yester
day. Bert and I were at the Legion Smoker.
"Anyone for jogging to the corner and
back?" Simon Bungstarter, a slimy chara
cter, asked with a wink.
"Come on, let's try it," Bert pleaded
with me.
IH admit I was tempted. But I firrruy
shook my head.
Well, you know what happened. One
little jog led to another and soon Bert was
mainlining 20 miles a day. Oh, he kept
promising Peggy he'd quit and learn the
names of their children. But you know
addicts. The day she found him jogging in
place in the closet, she left him.
Naturally , he lost his job, too, as he con
stantly, had to dash out of the office for a
fix. By now, he was but a bag of skin,
bones and muscles, a gaunt shadow of his
former self.
Heaven only knows what would have
happened to him if he hadn't luckily been
hit by that truck. Actually, he suffered
only a minor concussion. But by the time
he came to, we had him immobilized in
two leg casts, a body cast, an arm sling and
a neck brace.
Watching him quit cold turkey was a
terrible experience. 'Ylease," he would
beg, 'just one little pushup to ease the
agony."
But you have to be tough with these
weak characters. And it was worth it. In six
weeks, he had kicked the habit. He put on
20 pounds, got his job and family back.
Then, two months ago, we were at the
Legion Smoker, hoisting a few and watch
ing interesting live cultural exhibition like
healthy males will, when the door fell
down and there was the Vice Squad.
"Run for it, Bert!" I cried.
We haven't seen him since.
Copyright 1978, Chronicle Publishing Co.
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