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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American Athlete
Born: Jun 3, 1943
Course Day Every First Time You
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Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail. Joe Henderson
Home First Garbage Our Ran Later Favorite More Park Through Riverside Became Passed Years Years Ago Dump Trail Than Former Converted Marathon
These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd. Joe Henderson
Saying Time Me Thieves Took Hidden Favorite Crowd Missed Missing Excuses Covered Off Shirt Surveillance Jacket Officials Themselves Defend Number
That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile. Joe Henderson
Time Comforting Illusion Important Running Gives Permanence Mile Found
That's how most of us would feel. But the sport has a few deviants without consciences. Joe Henderson
Few Would Feel Most Sport Without How Us
The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are. Joe Henderson
You Seconds Visible Run See Minutes Put Reminders Hours Until How Effort Efforts Them Next Stand Your Lets Watch Preserve
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 defeat. Joe Henderson
Time Natural Defeat Every Distance Running Finish Push Sooner Deadline Behind Against Little Race Urge Harder Second Every Second
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 is just as important to erase times eventually as to save them at first. Joe Henderson
Time Mistake Face First Important Way Batteries Would Stayed Results Until Make Still Erase Been Times Trying Died Just Them Stand Eventually Watch Save
This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running with the watch instead of against it or away from it. Joe Henderson
Time You Past Way Running Instead Friendly Get Refresh Against Moving Turning Act Your Now Away Watch
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
Time Great Me Great Deal Every Everything Runner Minutes Only Count Days Most Because Deal Means Miles
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 that feels right to you at the moment. Each minute above a quota is a little victory. Joe Henderson
Time You Victory Faster Settle Running Minute Rushing Above Feels Make Pass However Reverse Any Quota Pace Happens Little Moment Each Fill Right
A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing. Joe Henderson
Thoughts You Light Weather Feelings Way Find Never Combinations Looks Course Same Quite Season Twice Ever-Changing
Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do. Joe Henderson
Day Minds Range Ourselves Neither Runners Running Per Week Him Safely Returns Reduced Repeating Fewer Us Means Laps Using Multiple Routes Buzz
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 yet to tire of this course. Joe Henderson
Run More Week Since Course Repetitions Than Tire Averaged Lived Nearby
Yet the home courses are where you spend dozens to hundreds of hours a year. You must choose them well. Joe Henderson
Home You Year Spend Hundreds Must Hours Well Courses Where Them Choose Dozens

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