Thursday, October 28, 1982
.Daily Nebraskan
Page 17
In sports, pain is just part of playing the game
Did Randy Jostes give quarterback
Turner Gill a "cheap shot?" Were both
Warren Powers and Tom Osborne wrong
in saying hitpushcheck was just part of
the game?
I think we can1 best answer that ques-
I, Bill Men
tion by talking about jogging. Or, if you
prefer, running. Or, if I prefer, pain.
A friend of mine recently convinced
me to go running with her. My phone rang
at &30 a.m. I knew in my groggy half
asleep state that I should expect this call.
"Herlof." (roughly translated-hello.)
"Morning, Bill, ready, to run?"
"Bwhar?" (roughly translated-what?)
"Run. You know...jog. Up and at 'em."
"Op and at 'em," I said. "I thought that
expression went out with the hula-hoop."
"Meet you downstairs in five minutes."
Click.
No escape.
I rolled out t)f bed. I forgot I sleep in a
loft eight feet up. I bounced off the floor.
That was a sure sign that I was out of
shape.
All sorts of thoughts were going through
my head. Have you ever seen a jogger
smile? They pant, wheeze, cough and
breathe hard, but don't smile. You can get
the same effect from smoking cigarettes.
But it's a lasting fad, and I wanted to
give it a try.
"Let's go," she said, heading up the
street.
I plodded after her. To my surprise I
was actually beginning to enjoy it. The
wind blew through my hair. My adrenaline
was flowing. My heart beat strong and true.
Then we got to the end of the first block.
That's when the pain set in.
I tried to take my mind off of it with
conversation.
"So, how far do you run?" I asked her
between pants and wheezes, without smil
ing. ,
"Oh, about three miles."
"Really. How many weeks does it take
you?"
"Three miles a day," she saidlaughing.
' ' Three miles? All in the same day? I
tried to remember the last time I drove
three miles in the same day.
Then a dreadful thought took over; The
farther away we run from our starting,
point, the farther we have to run to get
back. Einstein couldn't have said it better.
"How far have we gone?" I asked.
"About six blocks."
"Is that three miles yet?"
It felt like 20. My feet said 40. She
laughed. Nobody takes a dying man seri
ously these days.
"Can I ask you one more question?"
"Sure," she said.
"How strong are you?"
"Why?"
"Because I think you're going to have to
carry me back."
She didn't hae to. I thumbed a ride. I
saw her shaking her head as she jogged into
the distance.
I went back home and had a bowl of
wheaties. If they're enough exercise for
Bruce Jenner, then they're enough for me.
Despite my early difficulties I've pro
mised myself I won't give up. Last Sunday
I even watched the New York City Mara
thon in its entirety on television.
And that's what I think of the whole
Randy Jostes situation.
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