The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little... →
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 you settle into a pace... →
Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came to feel like races... →
That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.
They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions.
Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do.
The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been a mistake. It... →
I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose it soon by making the record even harder to... →
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'... →
People ask me all the time, 'Are you fed up with reality TV?' At the end of the day, it can affect my career in the sense that the more... →
Josh Henderson