The Music Of A Marathon

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.

Every Runner Is An Experiment Of One.

Life Is A Positive-sum Game. Everyone From The Gold Medallist To The Last Finisher Can Rejoice In A Personal Victory.

No Matter How Old I Get, The Race Remains One Of Life's Most Rewarding Experiences. My Times Become Slower And Slower, But The Experience Of The Race Is Unchanged: Each Race A Drama, Each Race A Challenge, Each Race Stretching Me In One Way Or Another, And Each Race Telling Me More About Myself And Others.

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.