To Keep From Decaying, To Be A

The Obsession With Running Is Really An Obsession With The Potential For More And More Life.

The Music Of A Marathon Is A Powerful Strain, One Of Those Tunes Of Glory. It Asks Us To Forsake Pleasures, To Discipline The Body, To Find Courage, To Renew Faith And To Become One's Own Person, Utterly And Completely.

Sport Is Where An Entire Life Can Be Compressed Into A Few Hours, Where The Emotions Of A Lifetime Can Be Felt On An Acre Or Two Of Ground, Where A Person Can Suffer And Die And Rise Again On Six Miles Of Trails Through A New York City Park. Sport Is A Theater Where Sinner Can Turn Saint And A Common Man Become An Uncommon Hero, Where The Past And The Future Can Fuse With The Present. Sport Is Singularly Able To Give Us Peak Experiences Where We Feel Completely One With The World And Transcend All Conflicts As We Finally Become Our Own Potential.

I Have A Bumper Sticker That Bowen Created That Says Regardless Of My Kids Grades, They Have An 'a' In My Book'. Without Play The Child That Still Lives In All Of Us Will Always Be Incomplete. And Not Only Physically, But Creatively, Intellectually, And Spiritually As Well.

The Answer To The Big Questions In Running Is The Same As The Answer To The Big Questions In Life: Do The Best With What You've Got.