Joe Henderson

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

Where did you run today? Now there's a question you don't often hear.

— Joe Henderson

The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind…

— Joe Henderson

Ours is a life of constant reruns. We're always circling back to where we'd we started, then starting all over again. Even…

— Joe Henderson

The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when…

— Joe Henderson

Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time…

— Joe Henderson

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.

— Joe Henderson

A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there…

— Joe Henderson

Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a…

— Joe Henderson

They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions.

— Joe Henderson

A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn't but still insists on…

— Joe Henderson

This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly…

— Joe Henderson

Yet the home courses are where you spend dozens to hundreds of hours a year. You must choose them well.

— Joe Henderson

When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can't make that time pass any faster by rushing, so…

— Joe Henderson

Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple…

— Joe Henderson

“Endurance is another matter altogether. Comfortable pace, regular dosage over a period of years and frequent runs stretching maybe twice as long…

— Joe Henderson

In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up…

— Joe Henderson

The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble…

— Joe Henderson

The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait…

— Joe Henderson

These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance…

— Joe Henderson

I've lived nearby since 1981 and probably have averaged one run a week there. That's more than 1000 repetitions, and I have…

— Joe Henderson

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…

— Joe Henderson

That's how most of us would feel. But the sport has a few deviants without consciences.

— Joe Henderson

I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose it soon…

— Joe Henderson

The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way…

— Joe Henderson