I like what my friend and 2011 Death Race finisher had to say about the race some say is the most grueling, punishing, spiritual, and emotional race on the planet...
The Death Race, ironically enough, has almost nothing to do with either death or racing; although it shrouds itself in that cover quite well. It is, in the end, a test that only you can give yourself. There are people there that help along the way. After all what would the Death Race be if not for the creative genius of Joe Desena, Andy Weinberg and staff. It is about the perception of personal limits, learning who you truly are in the face of adversity, and succeeding at something that you will repeatedly be told is beyond your grasp. It is a journey that condenses the most critical path of personal life lessons into a brief weekend in the Vermont mountains. As racers more eloquent than me put it, it is about life. And that is the irony - that it is indeed, in the end, the Life Race. Doesn't sound as cool, right? No one wants to run the "life race." We, as people, grow through struggle. It's only through stumbling in life that we learn our greatest lessons, so we seek the moments that give us that opportunity, and the Death Race sets that stage. The only thing we need to do is show up, toe the line and make the choice to move our feet forward as fast as we're able to in every given moment. The rest takes care of itself.
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