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Never, However, Do I Take Shortcuts. There Is Not Path Of Least Resistance In My Training. What I Do Equates To Hard Manual Labor, Disciplined Grunt Work. Once You Permit Yourself To Compromise, You Fail Yourself. You Might Be Able To Fool Some People, But You Can Never Fool Yourself. Your Toughest Critic Is The One You Face Every Morning In The Mirror.

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.

I Run Because If I Didn’t, I’d Be Sluggish And Glum And Spend Too Much Time On The Couch. I Run To Breathe The Fresh Air. I Run To Explore. I Run To Escape The Ordinary. I Run…to Savor The Trip Along The Way. Life Becomes A Little More Vibrant, A Little More Intense. I Like That.

I Run Because Long After My Footprints Fade Away, Maybe I Will Have Inspired A Few To Reject The Easy Path, Hit The Trails, Put One Foot In Front Of The Other, And Come To The Same Conclusion I Did: I Run Because It Always Takes Me Where I Want To Go.

Most Dreams Die A Slow Death. They're Conceived In A Moment Of Passion, With The Prospect Of Endless Possibility, But Often Languish And Are Not Pursued With The Same Heartfelt Intensity As When First Born. Slowly, Subtly, A Dream Becomes Elusive And Ephemeral. People Who've Lost Their Own Dreams Become Pessimists And Cynics. They Feel Like The Time And Devotion Spent On Chasing Their Dreams Were Wasted. The Emotional Scars Last Forever.