Archive For May 17, 2026
13. “A thing known passes out of the mind into the muscles,” the poet William Carlos Williams knew.
“Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and exercise on the mind.” – Emerson
Exercise. Get healthy. Stretch. Stay hungry.
“The moment my legs begin to move,” noted Thoreau, “my thoughts begin to flow.”
Sue Grafton, author of the Alphabet Is For Making Millions mystery series, works out twice a day. “Writing is hard physical labor and very stress-producing. You have to have some way to blow your tubes and get it out of your system.”
“You don’t run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe” – Frank Shorter. What Frank said is true for a two-ten marathoner. But what about sub-two? What about running twenty-six miles at four minutes and twenty-three seconds per mile? What about that?
Many storylines, but there is one I have yet to see noted. You might say, an actual secret. Because over a half century later, few understand, After The Work, The Rest Is Easy.
Back in the day, never thought two hours would be broken in my lifetime. Of course, never thought I’d live to be 79. I also did not also anticipate a 3:47 miler in $500 super shoes. With a Magic Elixir, too. And I don’t mean PEDs.