human feats

this weekend

The World Cup is over with the supremacy of ¡viva España!

A Kiwi won the British Open golf tournament, despite some precarious shots.

War with Iran is back on, killing Americans (and Iranians) who fall prey to the other side’s attacks. This is a particular shock for those Americans who less than two years hoped to forget Middle East crises in hopes of putting our emphasis on addressing China’s role in the world.

Smoke from vast, spreading wildfires creates hazardous air across the East Coast while even more immediate dangers of illnesses from unclean food or other sneaky illnesses populate in our consciousness. Legionnaire’s disease, anyone?

Then, there are politics across the globe.

But, amid all of it, a 28 year old lad from Scotland ran a mile in less than three-and-three-quarter minutes this weekend—3 minutes, 42 seconds to be precise—as the rest of the world looked elsewhere. Roger Bannister’s feat of a sub-four minute mile in 1954 seemed incomprehensibly wild but this shaved a quarter minute off that feat. I cannot imagine the training it required but understand he’s already plotting new goals. Have bodies changed that much in seventy-two years?

Human ingenuity, determination, discipline, and grit to the good are welcome attributes in a world full of tension, sadness, and fear. I’m up for the former four categories right now—how about you?

Thank you for reading Actions today.

Thank you to the subscribers whose contributions allowed me to read so much about Mr. Kerr’s success on Saturday.

Be well and be safe. FIN