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.

Anything that changes your values changes your behaviour.

Life is the greatest experiment. Each of us is an experiment of one-observer and subject-making choices, living with them, recording the effects.

The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.

I run each day to preserve the self I attained the day before and to secure the self yet to be.

The desire to run comes from deep within us — from the unconscious, the intuitive, the instinctive. And that desire becomes a passion when the runner learns to race. Then, the race becomes all — the lovemaking of the runner.

To make your life a work of art, you must have the material to work with. The race, any race, is just such an experience.