The rebuttal seems very misplaced, definitely off base, FlyerInHI

I agree a lot of people get hungry to be in the limelight, for glory and $, and once they are out of it, don’t have active healthy lifestyles. I am not really concerned about them.

Most people compete for social life and reasons of health and fitness…Nobody gives a darn about anything but the top finishers in sports. Theres no glory, maybe a few bragging rights to annoy friends and co-workers with. Moderate competition is no worse than no competition at all healthwise, and may be an improvement on the social side(which contributes back to health). Lots of people , including people who are relatively slow or weak derive motivation to stay fit from a 5k or a all comers event of some kind….perhaps playing a team sport.

40,50,60,70, 80 years and up still doing it …it isn’t for the glory.