Honored to join such an amazing set of writers on a subject that I’ve seen transform peoples’ lives.

As has been mentioned but warrants repeating again and again: running isn’t just about moving a body through space in a certain time, it is about engaging life in every way possible. Most of these lead to positive transformations — eventually — but they don’t always and the path there is often anything but a direct, scenic and enjoyable one.

My yoga instructor in Boston back in the early 2000s used to say to me “The prize is in the process”… and each step is part of the process.

Each run we do is like every breath we take: life-giving and something that takes us forward (albeit sometimes imperceptibly) into our future.