A race is a work of art.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races?

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?'

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.