Comments on: 16km of hope, 5km of truth

By: Start != Finish « Rowan Simpson

Start != Finish « Rowan Simpson — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:17:37 +0000

[...] Here is a lesson I learnt the hard way in Tauranga this time last year… [...]

By: Bring something special « Rowan Simpson

Bring something special « Rowan Simpson — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:16:37 +0000

[...] 16km of hope, 5km of truth [...]

By: You can « Rowan Simpson

You can « Rowan Simpson — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:27:02 +0000

[...] I finished my race at Tauranga in 6hr 04min, thanks for asking. It was a long day for sure, but it gets better and [...]

By: Natalie Ferguson

Natalie Ferguson — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:35:21 +0000

Man you’ll be finished by now… To think while I was lazing around today, you were pushing yourself to the limits, congratulations.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:32:33 +0000

All the best with the Half Ironman Rowan. It’ll probably be a little more difficult than our Miramar Peninsula makeshift triathlon in the late 80s. Remember? Glad to see one of us kept up the endurance racing!

By: Summer holiday R&R… at diversity.net.nz

Summer holiday R&R… at diversity.net.nz — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:53:34 +0000

[...] and post Christmas amends for gluttony and have swum 10kms and run 40kms in the past week – unlike Rowan I’m training for nothing more than the most important race of all – The Human [...]

By: Glen Barnes

Glen Barnes — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:32:25 +0000

Jessep: You want answers? Kaffee (Tom Cruise): I think I'm entitled to them. Jessep: You want answers? Kaffee: I want the truth! Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to! Kaffee: Did you order the code red? Jessep: (quietly) I did the job you sent me to do. Kaffee: Did you order the code red? Jessep: You're goddamn right I did!!