有小伙伴問大鵬，“你失蹤了嗎？怎么連著兩天都沒有更新公眾號？”
One of my pals asked me, 'have you been lost? You haven’t post update two days in a row, where have you been?'
我沒有走丟，只是參加了一項炒雞自虐的挑戰活動：文字馬拉松
I’m not lost my way; I was busy attending a super self-torture campaign:The Writing Marathon.
公元2017年1月31日，我的偶像龍女在簡書和朋友圈里發起了一項活動：文字馬拉松。
On January 31st, my idol Dragon Girl launched a campaign in her blog: The Writing Marathon.
規則很簡單，所有的參與者需要抽出完整的一天（24個小時），在一天之內碼出4.2萬字。
The rule is simple: each participant should spend one whole day (24 hours) writingout 42 thousand words.
一天完成4.2萬字是什么概念呢？
What does this mean?
就算不吃不喝一刻不停地寫文字，也得保持每小時寫1750個字才能完成。
It means even ifyou keep writing without any rest, you will have to finish at least 1750 words each hour to achieve the goal.
換句話說，就是每分鐘連思考加打字至少得完成29個字。
In another word, it means at least 29 words eachminute in average.
大鵬本來就是個寫作后進生，之前最好的寫作成績也不過是10天的時間寫了1萬多字而已。
I have been a slow writer, the best performance I ever had was finishing ten thousand words in 10 days.
然而，大鵬本著NZNDWYT（“No Zuo No Die Why You Try”）精神，還是報名參加了這次挑戰。
Nevertheless, I still signed up for this challenge, with the spirit ofNo Zuo No Die Why You Try.
大鵬最終成績：39個小時，完成4.2萬字，比規定時間晚了15個小時。
My final achievement is finishing the 42 thousand words within 39 hours, 15 hours later than the prescribed time.
即便如此，大鵬為自己感到極為驕傲，因為我是克服了巨大的困難才抵達終點的。
But still I'm extremely proud of myself as I had overcome tremendous difficulties to get there.
在這39個小時挑戰中我只睡了四個小時，而且還是不小心睡了這么長時間，原本只打算打個盹兒。
During this 39 hours challenge, I only got 4 hours sleep, which by the way was supposed to be a short nap.
為了節省時間，我放棄了午餐，而選擇吃炸薯條充饑。
To save time, I gave up lunch and ate French fries instead.
經過長時間不間斷高強度的體力和腦力消耗，我這樣描述當時自己的感受：
“腦已木，胃已僵，腿已麻，眼已瞎。”
After long hours of continuous physical and mental consumption in high intensity, I described my feeling as
‘…my brain is numb, my stomach is stiff, I can’t feel my leg and I’m already blind!’
當規定的時間到了而我只完成了一半多的任務，我告訴龍女“我的挑戰失敗了”。
When the deadline came and I was just halfway in the progress, I told Dragon Girl that ‘ I have failed in the challenge’
“但是”，我又接著說，“我還會繼續寫下去，就算爬我也要爬到終點。”
‘But’, I went on to say, 'I’m still going to keep writing, till i go across the finish line, even with my hands and knees'
就醬，我做到了。當我在第二天午夜寫完這4.2萬字之時，我甚至感覺不到倦意了。
So, I did it. When I finished the 42 thousand words in midnight of the second day, I couldn’t even feel any tiredness.
回首整個挑戰的過程雖然充滿了難以言表的痛苦，但在結束的那一刻我感覺到無比的暢爽，如同做過一場心靈的按摩。
Looking back the whole course of challenge, which is filled with unspeakable suffering, I felt a tremendous pleasure. It feels like just having a spiritual massage.
我突然想起《世界上最偉大的銷售員》里的一句話：
It suddenly comes to my mind a sentence in?The Greatest Salesman In The World:
Never will I be of concern that my goals are too high for is it not better to aim my spear at the moon and strike only an eagle than to arm my spear at the eagle and strike only a rock?
我從來不擔心自己的目標定得過高，難道瞄準月亮而射到老鷹不比瞄準老鷹而僅擊中石頭要好很多嗎？
所以，如果你先要自己的人生有所不同，設個高點的目標吧。
So, if you want to make some difference in your life, set a higher goal.
