In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of legitimate runners. — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do. — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
Where did you run today? Now there's a question you don't often hear. — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline… — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
Ours is a life of constant reruns. We're always circling back to where we'd we started, then starting all over again. Even if we… — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch… — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came… — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile. — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed… — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions. — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
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… — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by… — Joe Henderson Copy Share Image
