“The illusion is that the finish line is the destination. That act itself is the destination.”

 Happy Global Running Day!

(daily ex. morning dog walk only 2 miles, my old pup just didn't want to walk today.  pm tm jog 5.1 miles)

“If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: Never lie to yourself!” ― Paulo Coelho

 (daily ex., morning dog walk 3.1 miles, pm tm jog 4 miles)

/ Mark Twain / . "The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog."

 (daily ex., morning dog walk 3.1 miles, pm tm jog 4.5 miles)

Lord of the Rings

 Frodo: "I can't do this, Sam."

Sam: "I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mister Frodo. The ones that really mattered.

Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened.

But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer.

Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mister Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. Because they were holding on to something."

Frodo: "What are we holding on to, Sam?"

Sam: "That there's some good in this world, Mister Frodo. And it's worth fighting for."

(daily ex., pm jog tm 3.5 miles, 2 mi. cool down walk tm)

 Kurt Vonnegut:

"Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.”

(daily ex. update,morning Fleet Feet walk and dog walk 4 miles,  pm tm jog 3.5 miles)

“Being against evil doesn’t make you good.” — Ernest Hemingway

 (daily ex., morning dog walk 2 miles, afternoon tm jog 5.5 miles)

“Education isn't something you can finish.” ― Isaac Asimov

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 1.1 mi, afternoon tm run 4.6 mi followed by 1 mi treadmill cooldown walk)