Exercise: you don't have time not to

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.

If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life - you have to go a little berserk.

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.

The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am.

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

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.