I've always liked hills. I see a challenge, a goal, and I feel instantly galvanized to achieve that goal.

Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.

As runners, we all go through many transitions-- transitions that closely mimic the larger changes we experience in a lifetime. First, we try to run faster. Then we try to run harder. Then we learn to accept ourselves and our limitations, and at last, we can appreciate the true joy and meaning of running.

It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.

The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.

Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world

You have to want it, you have to plan for it, you have to fit it into a busy day, you have to be mentally tough, you have to use others to help you. The hard part isn't getting your body in shape. The hard part is getting your mind in shape.