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Football (soccer) in a nutshell
YogiOh yeah? Behold!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goggins
David Goggins, Navy Seal and Ultramarathon runner.
Also yeah this whole thing was about trouncing prejudices.
No more so than the equally oft repeated prejudice that soccer is full of flouncy Europeans diving at every opportunity.
As for ultra marathoners, I guess it depends on how you define "tough". They're mentally tough as hell and physically super fit, but I don't think they'd survive being hit by an All Black
Football (soccer) in a nutshell
YogiI thought you were having some fun but I still felt it needed to be addressed, it's an oft repeated prejudice. Anyways I still contend that Ultramarathoners are tougher than anyone. Running 24 hours at a time...sometimes in high altitude with little oxygen or in 120 degrees through death valley. They're the toughest people on the planet in my view. It's one thing to play through pain, it's another to do it for hours upon hours. That's just my opinion, the voice in my head is the only thing that holds me back.
First up, did you miss the smiley at the end of my post? That would be the hint that I wasn't 100% serious.
As it happens, I know a few guys who play gridiron in NZ and they're tough as nails.
The only athletes I have no time for are road bikers. Drug-taking, lycra-wearing pussies, the lot of them*.
Regarding boxing, I fully agree with you. Personally, I think we should go back to bare knuckle boxing for exactly that reason, but I know it'd never sell. People are perfectly happy to have boxers brain damaged, but god forbid we see some blood. That would be barbaric.
Finally as far as ultra marathon guys go, I have huge respect for them, but you're confusing fitness with toughness. But they don't have to be, any more than a rugby player needs to run at a constant pace for 3 hours.
*For the humour impaired, this is an example of hyperbole combined with an overly broad generalisation for a cheap laugh. I acknowledge that some road bikers don't take drugs, and that in general they're very fit. But they still wear lycra, so there.