Like everyone else, I want to be challenged. I want to find out whether or not I am a coward. I want to see how much effort I can put out . . . what I can endure . . . if I measure up. Running allows that.

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.

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

There is no substitute for learning to live in our bodies.

Exercise: you don't have time not to

Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.