Any Goal Worth Achieving Involves An Element

The Marathon Is An Opportunity For Redemption. Opportunity, Because The Outcome Is Uncertain. Opportunity, Because It Is Up To You, And Only You, To Make It Happen.

I Run Because If I Didn’t, I’d Be Sluggish And Glum And Spend Too Much Time On The Couch. I Run To Breathe The Fresh Air. I Run To Explore. I Run To Escape The Ordinary. I Run…to Savor The Trip Along The Way. Life Becomes A Little More Vibrant, A Little More Intense. I Like That.

If You Just Go Out There And Run 100 Miles, It Breaks Down A Lot Of Barriers In Terms Of Self-imposed Limitations.

People Think I'm Crazy To Put Myself Through Such Torture, Though I Would Argue Otherwise. Somewhere Along The Line We Seem To Have Confused Comfort With Happiness... Dostoyevsky Had It Right: 'suffering Is The Sole Origin Of Consciousness.' Never Are My Senses More Engaged Than When The Pain Sets In. There Is A Magic In Misery. Just Ask Any Runner.

Unless You're Not Pushing Yourself, You're Not Living To The Fullest. You Can't Be Afraid To Fail, But Unless You Fail, You Haven't Pushed Hard Enough."