When I Ran Across America, For 75

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.

Running Is A Simple, Primitive Act, And Therein Lays Its Power. For It Is One Of The Few Commonalities Left Between Us As A Human Race.

We Have Killed Our Souls With Comfort Instead Of Seeking Fulfillment And Achievement.

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.

Running Unites Us And Brings Us Together Because, In The Words Of The Great Bill Rogers, "we Sweat The Same. We Struggle The Same." Running Is A Simple, Primitive Act, And Therein Lays Its Power. For It Is One Of The Few Commonalities Left Between Us As A Human Race. Toeing The Starting Line Of A Marathon, Regardless Of The Language You Speak, The God You Worship Or The Color Of Your Skin, We All Stand As Equal. Perhaps The World Would Be A Better Place If More People Ran.