Middle

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This is going to sound, or read, pretentious. The interesting aspect about running is the heightened awareness of being in the middle of past, present and future. Every step, here and now, at the centre of it. It is essential. Or one burns oneself up, going too far, or doing not enough. Every step counts. Here and now. So far from start. So far to go to finish. To be aware of that. It is essential. There are too many runners around either taking it too easy or moving around mindlessly burning their selves up. It is as simple as that. You can draw a circle around it, like a spotlight that moves with the activity. "I am or we are here now. I or we came that far. This is how much there is left to do. And we are doing that now."

Gate

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Peace is at the other side of twenty minutes of silence.

Whisper

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A runner is a passenger. Floating with the rhythm of the whispering landscape.

Finish

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Win the game in the mind first, then finish it.

See also: "Getting out 10K into the distance meant having to go 10K back. There is no quitting option: you have to keep on moving to return otherwise you freeze."