Running Is Just Such A Monastery- A

People Begin Running For Any Number Of Motives, But We Stick To It For One Basic Reason-to Find Out Who We Really Are.

The Desire To Run Comes From Deep Within Us — From The Unconscious, The Intuitive, The Instinctive. And That Desire Becomes A Passion When The Runner Learns To Race. Then, The Race Becomes All — The Lovemaking Of The Runner.

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.

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.

The More I Run, The More I Want To Run, And The More I Live A Life Conditioned And Influenced And Fashioned By My Running. And The More I Run, The More Certain I Am That I Am Heading For My Real Goal: To Become The Person I Am.