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“At the core of many of his stories was a distinction between success and excellence. Success was ‘having:’ money, awards, status. Excellence was ‘being:’ living your values, having them guide your daily life. Pursue excellence, Coach would say, and success will follow.” – Deena Castor, Let Your Mind Run Last year, I ran just over 1200 miles. I have never hit that kind of mileage before. In Chinese, we say “people beyond people, horizons beyond horizons” (人外有人，天外有天) – this kind of mileage is still trump change among those who really run. As the years go by, I see a lot of life reflected with each mile that goes by. I am not a bestselling novelist, but Murakami wrote an entire book about life and running, so I might be on to something? HIGH SCHOOL I started running during my freshman year. Honestly, I was not a great, or even a good, runner. I signed up for running mainly because I was not coordinated enough for team sports. Even though I am six feet tall, I always found basketball conf

what i talk about when i talk about running by Chris S. '11 with apologies to murakami January 21, 2025 in Life after MIT “At the core of many of his stories was a distinction between success and excellence. Success was ‘having:’ money, awards, status. Excellence was ‘being:’ living your values, having them guide your daily life. Pursue excellence, Coach would say, and success will follow. ” – Deena Castor, Let Your Mind Run Last year, I ran just over 1200 miles. I have never hit that kind of mileage before. In Chinese, we say “people beyond people, ho

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