I just finished a book that is now one of my favorites. The title of the book is "Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an all-night runner" by Dean Karnazes. The book is an autobiography of this guy who runs ultramarathons (100 mile marathons). Throughout much of the book I found parallels of why he runs. He does runs these remarkable distances and one of the reasons is because he wants to see if he can. He doesn't do these things to compete with other people, it is a competition against his own mind and body. I see many of the things I do much like this. I keep piling up more and more work, school, and stress to see how far I can push it.

Another part of my life that has been missing is adventure. I think that is another huge motivator that has kept me running. Just getting out of the house and running around town a little bit keeps life interesting. It gives me time to clear my head and many times think about everything. I even pray at times(not just that I get to the top of the next hill).

On another note, I had started to run again to get back into shape, bring some adventure into my life, and challenge myself. This book was a good motivator to make me keep up with it.