And while these pounds were being shed, while the physiological miracles were occurring with the heart and muscle and metabolism, psychological marvels were taking place as well. Just so, the world over, bodies, minds, and souls are constantly being born again, during miles on the road.

The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me.

On the roads, I can see truth revealed whole without thought or reason. There I experience the sudden understanding that comes unasked, unbidden. I simply rest, rest within myself, rest within the pure rhythm of my running. And I wait.

If you want to find the answers to the Big Questions about your soul, you'd best begin with the Little Answers about your body.

Because until we write it down, we don't know what is actually at the root of our lives.

Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.

Play is where life lives