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.

Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.

People begin running for any number of motives, but we stick to it for one basic reason-to find out who we really are.

Have you ever felt worse after a run?

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you are a runner.

On the roads, I can see truth revealed whole without thought or reason. There I experience the sudden understanding that comes unasked, unbidden. I simply rest, rest within myself, rest within the pure rhythm of my running. And I wait.

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.