2. A broken one that is not moving at all.
At least my initial reaction would be to go for the "equal" race or terms, not getting a boost but not making things harder than they need be... But then again a broken escalator is in some ways a hindrance rather than level ground?!
Overcoming needless odds have never really held a maor appeal, guess that is part of the reason for mainly doing participatory rather than competitive sports growing up. And also for having a strong preference for mixed teams with complementary skills and complex tasks.
Good to have julien back blogging, and good to blog again as well, giving blog this on iPad another shot...