有小伙伴问大鹏，“你失踪了吗？怎么连着两天都没有更新公众号？”
One of my pals asked me, 'have you been lost? You haven’t post update two days in a row, where have you been?'
我没有走丢，只是参加了一项炒鸡自虐的挑战活动：文字马拉松
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，我的偶像龙女在简书和朋友圈里发起了一项活动：文字马拉松。
On January 31st, my idol Dragon Girl launched a campaign in her blog: The Writing Marathon.
规则很简单，所有的参与者需要抽出完整的一天（24个小时），在一天之内码出4.2万字。
The rule is simple: each participant should spend one whole day (24 hours) writingout 42 thousand words.
一天完成4.2万字是什么概念呢？
What does this mean?
就算不吃不喝一刻不停地写文字，也得保持每小时写1750个字才能完成。
It means even ifyou keep writing without any rest, you will have to finish at least 1750 words each hour to achieve the goal.
换句话说，就是每分钟连思考加打字至少得完成29个字。
In another word, it means at least 29 words eachminute in average.
大鹏本来就是个写作后进生，之前最好的写作成绩也不过是10天的时间写了1万多字而已。
I have been a slow writer, the best performance I ever had was finishing ten thousand words in 10 days.
然而，大鹏本着NZNDWYT（“No Zuo No Die Why You Try”）精神，还是报名参加了这次挑战。
Nevertheless, I still signed up for this challenge, with the spirit ofNo Zuo No Die Why You Try.
大鹏最终成绩：39个小时，完成4.2万字，比规定时间晚了15个小时。
My final achievement is finishing the 42 thousand words within 39 hours, 15 hours later than the prescribed time.
即便如此，大鹏为自己感到极为骄傲，因为我是克服了巨大的困难才抵达终点的。
But still I'm extremely proud of myself as I had overcome tremendous difficulties to get there.
在这39个小时挑战中我只睡了四个小时，而且还是不小心睡了这么长时间，原本只打算打个盹儿。
During this 39 hours challenge, I only got 4 hours sleep, which by the way was supposed to be a short nap.
为了节省时间，我放弃了午餐，而选择吃炸薯条充饥。
To save time, I gave up lunch and ate French fries instead.
经过长时间不间断高强度的体力和脑力消耗，我这样描述当时自己的感受：
“脑已木，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!’
当规定的时间到了而我只完成了一半多的任务，我告诉龙女“我的挑战失败了”。
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”，我又接着说，“我还会继续写下去，就算爬我也要爬到终点。”
‘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'
就酱，我做到了。当我在第二天午夜写完这4.2万字之时，我甚至感觉不到倦意了。
So, I did it. When I finished the 42 thousand words in midnight of the second day, I couldn’t even feel any tiredness.
回首整个挑战的过程虽然充满了难以言表的痛苦，但在结束的那一刻我感觉到无比的畅爽，如同做过一场心灵的按摩。
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《世界上最伟大的销售员》里的一句话：
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?
我从来不担心自己的目标定得过高，难道瞄准月亮而射到老鹰不比瞄准老鹰而仅击中石头要好很多吗？
所以，如果你先要自己的人生有所不同，设个高点的目标吧。
So, if you want to make some difference in your life, set a higher goal.
