A lot of people ask me, why running?

Why the 5 a.m. wake-ups?

The grueling mileage.

Why the hours under the summer sun?

And while my answer is simple, it reminds me that life becomes what we allow it to be.

Because absolutely you can sleep in, but you'd miss that crisp morning air.

And sure, you don't have to put in the miles, but then you'd never really know how far your

legs can take you.

And yeah, you can sit and watch the world from the shade.

Just don't be surprised when it runs right by you.

See to me, it's more than running.

It's about inverting the commonly held belief

that would otherwise narrate our day-to-day rule over our lives. The belief that showing up is enough.

The tendency to slow down when life hurts.

The misconception that the crowd's direction is the right direction.

See, I can tell you that in my battles with the

pavement in my solitude one step at a time I've learned a few things I've learned

that anyone can show up but there's a direct correlation between the work I put

in in that time on the clock.

And I've learned that what separates the few from the many is not an ability to avoid pain,

but to be your best when that pain inevitably shows up.

And as far as the crowd, well, that's just the last place you want to be common is antithetical to

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