Okay, so I want you to imagine that you are running a race, and we're talking about a long one.

Maybe let's say an ultramarathon.

So I have run marathons, but over time, sometimes the passion takes you to greater distances.

So the ultramarathon is anything greater than the 26.2 mile distance.

You start with a nice 50K, maybe 32 miles, bump up to a 50-miler, then 100K, but then eventually

the Granddaddy, the 100-miler.

And my first 100-miler was the Rio Del Lago 100-miler, which was pretty much in my own backyard.

And among the many memories that I remember, and I treasure from that first race of 100 miles,

one stands out, but it has absolutely

nothing to do with its connection to running. But it was actually for the lesson that it taught me

about perception. Because in our pre-race goodie bags, we were all gifted these very sleek,

orange-tinted running sunglasses. And these are the kind of sunglasses that once you wore them,

they just became a part of you. They kind of fit like a glove and their light orange tint

made them very, very just comfortable to the eyes. And soon, you don't even realize that you

have them on. And I love them so much that as my running progressed, I started organizing a fundraising run around

the local high school track and it was to raise money for all the schools.

And I contacted the manufacturer and they gave me a lot of these glasses.

I mean, a lot of them.

And that first year that I did the 24-hour run, I gave away almost all of them.

But I also kept about a dozen

pair for myself. And I didn't even realize that that was, I don't know, it was over, over a 10 years

ago. And so now, only if you pair these. And so now, only one pair. And so now only a couple of pair of these orange tinted sunglasses remain.

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