I wanted to share with you an interesting conversation I had today. Before heading to campus my wife (Tasha) and I were discussing taking advantage of a certain opportunity that we were recently presented. Thinking that this was the kairos well suited to introduce our quote by Heraclitus I said, " Well, you know what Heraclitus said, 'You never step in the same river twice' "
My wife just stared at me for a second and then responded. "Pocahontas said that..."
James: "What?"
Tasha: "Yeah, thats totally from Pocohontas. She even has a song about it. Who in the world is Heraclitus?". She smiles and then heads out the door.
Note to self: When introducing river quote, perhaps it is best to quote from popular Disney movies. I'm not too worried about it though, you know what Elsa says, "Let it go"
The Greeks and I.
The Greeks were well known for their love of sports. Running, Jumping, Boxing, Wrestling, Discus and Javelin
throwing, mixed in with some Chariot racing were some favorite events that free
Greek men often participated in. One event that I found the extremely interesting is called hoplitodromos, which consists
of sprinting 400m-700m in full battle armor. 
While I don’t run in armor, running has always been a huge part of my life. This is a picture of my first marathon. I also enjoy running relays with my friends and local 5 and 10ks.
I
also love jiu jitsu, which is similar to wrestling. Jiu Jitsu is a great form
of recreation and self-defense. I’ve
been teaching my wife and she is pretty good! 
Hoplitodromos sounds like a training exercise. I wonder if that could be where sports started. Imagine, two guys competing to see who was better at training, then BAM we have sports...
ReplyDeleteBack home I loved running! I've completed a half marathon, several 5K and 10Ks, and trained for a full marathon . . but I have never actually gotten around to running the full. (So props to you on that accomplishment! That's totally awesome!) If hoplitodromos was incorporated into our races today I would probably give up on running completely. I can't imagine trying to run any distance in heavy armor. However, that sounds like a good idea for some cross-training? Maybe that's where we got the present day idea for running with ankle weights as a type of cross- training? Who knows?!
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