The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble the paying runners’ results. No entry fee, no Chip, no time or place. Joe Henderson Read Quote
That’s how most of us would feel. But the sport has a few deviants without consciences. Joe Henderson Read Quote
A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn’t but still insists on running interferes with the paying customers. Joe Henderson Read Quote
That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile. Joe Henderson Read Quote
When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can’t make that time pass any faster by rushing, so you settle into a pace that feels right to you at the moment. Each minute above a quota is a little victory. Joe Henderson Read Quote
This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running with the watch instead of against it or away from it. Joe Henderson Read Quote
Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do. Joe Henderson Read Quote
They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions. Joe Henderson Read Quote
A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing. Joe Henderson Read Quote
I’ve lived nearby since 1981 and probably have averaged one run a week there. That’s more than 1,000 repetitions, and I have yet to tire of this course. Joe Henderson Read Quote
