The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.

For me, challenging myself with this type of endeavor [ultramarathons] brings the best out in me because even at the darkest, deepest moments when I feel like I can't go on, when I feel like there's no chance I could break the record or much less finish the trail, somehow I find that strength inside of me.

The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.

Injuries are our best teachers.

But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.

We can live as we were meant to live - simply, joyously, of and on the earth. We can live with all our effort and with pure happiness.

Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.