Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.

I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit the trails, put one foot in front of the other, and come to the same conclusion I did: I run because it always takes me where I want to go.

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.

Runners are competitive folks. I think some might feel slighted they haven't got more recognition. I think they have a point. In running, you won't necessarily get noticed just for turning in good performances.

If someone had said to me before I started doing this that a human being is capable of running 100 miles nonstop, I would have just said: 'No way. I mean, how?' If you just go out there and run 100 miles, it breaks down a lot of barriers in terms of self-imposed limitations.

Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.