Sport Is An Essential Element Of Education.

Fitness Is Just A Stage You Pass Through On The Way To Becoming A Racer.

If You Want To Find The Answers To The Big Questions About Your Soul, You'd Best Begin With The Little Answers About Your Body.

Like Everyone Else, I Want To Be Challenged. I Want To Find Out Whether Or Not I Am A Coward. I Want To See How Much Effort I Can Put Out . . . What I Can Endure . . . If I Measure Up. Running Allows That.

Why Race? The Need To Be Tested, Perhaps; The Need To Take Risks; And The Chance To Be Number One.

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.