When It Comes To Mentors, You Can't

We Are The Biggest Sissies In The Jungle. Every Other Animal Is Stronger Than We Are - They Have Fangs, They Have Claws, They Have Nimbleness, They Have Speed. We Think Usain Bolt Is Fast - Usain Bolt Can Get His Ass Kicked By A Squirrel.

If You Don't Think You Were Born To Run You're Not Only Denying History. You're Denying Who You Are.

There Is A Growing Subculture Of Barefoot Runners, People Who Got Rid Of Their Shoes. And What They Have Found Uniformly Is You Get Rid Of The Shoes, You Get Rid Of The Stress, You Get Rid Of The Injuries And The Ailments.

But Yeah, Ann [trason] Insisted, Running Was Romantic; And No, Of Course Her Friends Didn't Get It Because They'd Never Broken Through. For Them, Running Was A Miserable Two Miles Motivated Solely By Size 6 Jeans: Get On The Scale, Get Depressed, Get Your Headphones On, And Get It Over With. But You Can't Muscle Through A Five-hour Run That Way; You Have To Relax Into It, Like Easing Your Body Into A Hot Bath, Until It No Longer Resists The Shock And Begins To Enjoy It.

You Don't Stop Running Because You Get Old, You Get Old Because You Stop Running.