Purity Does Endure
There’s purity about running that cannot be compared to by any other sport. The
beauty of running is that you, alone, propel yourself over a determined distance
without the aid or help from any ball, bat, wheel, or water. Running is truly the only
perfect athletic event dating back thousands of years to the ancient Greek
Olympics.
Your real competition is always yourself, striving to better your time, your form,
your level of fitness. Sure, you want to cross the finish line first, who doesn't, but
in time you’ll discover that your true foe will always be your allusive athletic self,
like the surfer searching for that perfect wave, you will always want to return to
that perfect race where everything “fit”; where all your long miles and hard work
paid off during that feeling of euphoria when you broke the tape toward your
personal best – a feeling you’ll never forget. The beauty of running is all this and
more…