It’s all about winning.  It doesn’t matter if you’re a political party in an election, an athlete of (almost) any description, a charity in a fight for funds, a commercial enterprise in a battle for market share, or a participant in a Trivia night, the desire to come in ahead of your competition rises to the fore in any competitive situation.  This thought occurred to me last Sunday while competing in the Auckland half marathon for the 14th (or was it the 15th?) time.  Competing at my age is a loose term but one tries and I had the added incentive of running for a charity (The Himalayan Trust, founded by the late Sir Edmund Hillary) so a good performance was important.  The issue was, however, what makes for a good performance?  Not dying?  Sub 1.50?  It’s a good question.  Certainly for the elite runners any time over 70 minutes … Continue reading Man versus carrot