User talk:Abbaeis

I was searching for possible sources for the title of the 1960s book and movie--"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner". I thought the phrase may have come from a poem. The reason why I started this search was because I was with a friend who is in his late 70s and bemoaning the "curse" of aging. "Getting old sucks!!!" He no sooner said this when he added "I guess it beats the other possibility."

When I left his house my wife and I were talking bout how sad the evening was watching our friend and his wife physically aging. I commented that my friend is losing friends because of his depressed manner. It made me think of friends who passed away and in a sense has left me feeling lonely for them. I then thought of the movie title, "The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner". Though the movie had nothing to do with aging, it occured to me that the movie/book title by Alan Sitloe was appropriate for the process of aging. The longer the distance of our lives the more frequent the loss of friends and relation. There is the current version of the metaphore for the "Long Distance Runner". --Abbaeis (talk) 20:35, 17 January 2010 (UTC)abbaeis@gmail.com