| 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… |
