Dakar Rally Day 6: SS5: Comfort Is a Drug
The 43rd edition of the Dakar Rally is underway in Saudi Arabia. We’ll be sharing daily updates from our friends at WESTx1000. Stay tuned.Â
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SS5: Comfort Is a Drug
The Dakar Proves that to Win This Race, You Must Suffer It
Special Stage Five was designed to torture, befuddle and test the barriers between you and insanity. Some survived without (much) damage, and others saw the end of their race right out the gate ? in some cases, upside-down. Yesterday?s transfer stage, as long, fast and simple as it was, surely intended to bring the racers? guards down so they could take an uppercut to the jaw once they became too comfortable. That?s just it. Comfort is?nice. But nice never won any battles, and as much as the ASO wants to weed out weakness, they also want to nurture talent and ambition. It?s easy to succumb to the many luxuries life has to offer, especially if there?s too much or too little of them. They distract you from your dreams, let you become complacent. Why feel pain and distress or fear when you can be cozy, indifferent or oblivious" Comfort?s best quality is to let you know there are good things to be had, and its worst is making you forget, anything worth having isn?t free. Whether you pay in dollars or sweat ? to live fully is to give generously. This is what sets Dakar racers apart from so many people. The devotion to their craft is unending. It can take teams years just to cross the finish line let alone contenders. It doe...
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