Describe the emotion of a good run. It’s really, really difficult to distill this. Though really great authors have accomplished this. I am not one of them.

I suppose lots of activities or parts of life provide the feeling of “stoke”. Think of stoke as that excitement a kid gets when you give them their favorite food. Just pumped up or moved, animated, piqued, ready to roll, pleased, on fire, high on life, and so on. Despite our desire to think of running by the end all be all of the world, we are wrong. There are plenty of ways to reach that feeling. Running is just a pretty great way to get there.

While it is just running and it can be tough, an overwhelming majority of the time you just don’t regret laying down the miles or minutes. It really does not matter the shape it takes. We all think our way is the best, but all of it is the best.