Building Momentous Momentum: escaping the rock

06.04.06
This is no small feat, escaping from alcatraz. There are no words for the sheer strength and fortitude that exude from each and every athelete that took to the sea, and then to the wheel, and then to the street...
pushing forward until at last they returned to where they began, more weary and wild-eyed then probably ever before in most of their lives.
Sure, there were pros, who covered the course of some 30 miles in just a short two hours, like the man in blue with yellow swim cap who defiantly broke the calm and emerged first from the pacific; but none could say that they have more heart than the sheer numbers who emerged bewildered and beeming; once comely passersby ranging in age from the very young to the 78 years young at heart, some challenged beyond my comprehension, others simply straining to make the most of their fairly average human form becoming superheros before my eyes. The inspiration of their accomplishment, each and every one of the 1800 individual escapees of the rock that day, is something i take with me to the next adventure.... and beyond.