Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.
When I ran across America, for 75 days I ate 10,000 calories a day. I still lost about five pounds.
I went to college, grad school. I got an M.B.A., had a really cush corporate job. But I was just bored stiff. I didn't fit that mold.
I love to run and I have some tips to keep it fresh and novel. I rarely use the same route twice. That keeps things new.
Personally, I don't stretch, I don't get massages. Maybe massages would be useful, but I just don't have the time for it.
I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go run it.
I have my whole office set-up at waist level; I don't sit at all during the day. Sitting, to me, is the devil.
If you just go out there and run 100 miles, it breaks down a lot of barriers in terms of self-imposed limitations.