By ROY GACHUHI More by this Author The ultimate marker of sporting achievement is participation in the Olympic Games. Qualifying for the Games in any discipline bestows upon a competitor the status of being among the elite of the world. When they started the Games almost 2,800 years ago, the ancient Greeks had as their guiding philosophy that it was not so much the winning that mattered but taking part and discovering the best in oneself. To this day, that remains the Olympic creed.But because our daily lives are characterised by an obsessive competitiveness that requires us to defeat the next person by any means possible, this simple, profound and timeless lesson is lost until Eliud Kipchoge emerges from among us to illustrate in the most dramatic fashion the real essence of its message: winning against oneself is all that matters.Its reward is living in a state of arrival. In contrast, winning against others is a state of endless endeavour. Its guaranteed outcome is living in perpetual want. You will never succeed because there is always one more opponent to defeat. And another one. Ad infinitum. The result is having a hole in the heart and a hunger that shall… Read full this story
- Kenya's Kipchoge shatters marathon world record in Berlin
- Berlin Marathon: Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own record
- Valentine's Day 2021 ideas in lockdown - cute, quarantine-safe ways to celebrate
- Why Have We Allowed Money to Ruin Youth Sports?
- 5 Russian Bullets Dashed an Opera Singer’s Dreams. Then He Reclaimed His Voice.
- What Explains the Alarming Democrat-on-Democrat Sabotage in North Carolina?
- The Right Likes Book Bans. That Fuels the Left’s Cancel Culture.
- QB Justin Fields gets the Chicago Bears rolling with a special, off-script play: Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Week 1 win
- ‘How Many Women Were Abused to Make That Tesla?’
- Queen's funeral Order of Service in full - sweet nod to childhood and poignant details
Powerful life lessons from Kipchoge’s epic sub 2-hr marathon run have 316 words, post on www.nation.co.ke at December 14, 2019. This is cached page on Vietnam Colors. If you want remove this page, please contact us.