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12:37:01 am on October 22, 2008 | # |
Athletes can do superhuman things in the heat of competition, but at the end of the day they are still human.
Recently I asked a friend who works on the floor of the board of trade how he relaxes. He let me know that at the end of the night he needed to pop open a beer and catch the end of a game, or Sport Center.
For many sports is a release. As fans we live vicariously through the man on the field, and become lost in their moments, forgetting about our world, our pressures, our struggles.
This made me think. If we the fans can lose ourselves in the fantasy safe haven of a professional athletes world, where do they escape to?
It is not like the roles can reverse and Brian Urlacher could, or much less would, find any pleasure in slipping into a business suit and giving wall street a whirl, just for fun.
nieniew 10:19 am on October 22, 2008 | #
Thanks for this post! Being an athlete is rough sometiems, especially being a student athlete. I also work too! It’s hard to find my “escape” because sometimes I feel as though I am always on the “run” literally from being on the track team and just in general.I am up everyday around 7am whether I am at work (Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays) or at 7am weight lifting (tues, thurs). And let’s not forget noon weightlifting on saturdays! I’m just glad that someone understands… I think that inorder to be an athlete, a person really has to love their sport, or else the whole experience won’t be satisfying in the end.
OB 11:33 am on October 22, 2008 | #
This is a good point. Often athletes don’t really have an escape from the pressure that they face. On top of that, I guess depending on the sports, they can’t go home and pop open a beer- what they put in their bodies directly affects their performance.
Great Post.