Some think guts is sprinting at the end of a race. But guts is what got you there to begin with. Guts start back in the hills with 6 miles to go and you're thinking of how you can get out of this race without anyone noticing. Guts begin when you still have forty minutes of torture left and you're already hurting more than you ever remember.

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year.... But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child.

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

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.

Anything that changes your values changes your behaviour.

Running is just such a monastery- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.

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