About six weeks ago, I became obsessed with running rim-to-rim-to-rim (R2R2R) in the Grand Canyon before calendar year 2011 ended. It took about 37 minutes to inspire Danni into a similar obsession.
A couple weekends ago, I ran the 50km distance at the Slickrock Races. The whole weekend, from front to back, was akin to visiting an alternate version of reality.
At least this kind of death would be painless and fast.