There Are As Many Reasons For Running

Sport Is Singularly Able To Give Us Peak Experience Where We Feel Completely One With The World And Transcend All Conflicts As We Finally Become Our Own Potential.

Every Runner Is An Experiment Of One.

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.

The Study Of Motivation Goes Back To The Greeks. Their Sports Were Essential To Their Education. They Saw In Sports The Integration Of Body, Mind And Soul, The Creation Of Beauty, The Mastering Of Athletics, And The Challenge Of Competition. A French Sociologist Points This Out. "sports," He Wrote, Was Part Of The Education Of The Citizen. He Was Expected To Engage In Exercise For A Whole Series Of Reasons That Had To Do With The Shaping Of The Citizen; The Relation Between Moral Good And Physical Good; And The Growth Of A Person.

And While These Pounds Were Being Shed, While The Physiological Miracles Were Occurring With The Heart And Muscle And Metabolism, Psychological Marvels Were Taking Place As Well. Just So, The World Over, Bodies, Minds, And Souls Are Constantly Being Born Again, During Miles On The Road.