When sports are at their best, the spirit of the fan merges with the spirit of the athlete, and in that convergence, in that transference, is the one… - Phil Knight

Let everyone else call your idea crazy . . . just keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop.

There were many ways down Mount Fuji, according to my guidebook, but only one way up. Life lesson in that, I thought.

I was up before the others, before the birds, before the sun. I drank a cup of coffee, wolfed down a piece of toast, put on my shorts and sweatshirt, and laced up my green running shoes. Then slipped quietly out the back door. I stretched my legs, my hamstrings, my lower back, and groaned as I took the