There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down / until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.

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

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

Exercise: you don't have time not to

The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.

The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith and to become one's own person, utterly and completely.

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