One
Right now I‘m aiming at increasing the distance Irun, so speed is less of an issue. As long as I can run acertain distance, that‘s all I care about. Sometimes I runfast when I feel like it, but if I increase the pace Ishorten the amount of time I run, the point being to letthe exhilaration I feel at the end of each run carry overto the next day. This is the same sort of tack I find neces- - P4
sary when writing a novel. I stop every day right at thepoint where I feel I can write more. Do that, and thenext day‘s work goes surprisingly smoothly. I think ErnestHemingway did something like that. To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm. This is the important thing for long-term projects. Once you set the pace, therest will follow. The problem is getting the flywheel tospin at a set speed-and to get to that point takes asmuch concentration and effort as you can manage. - P5
As I run I tell myself to think of a river. And clouds. But essentially I‘m not thinking of a thing. All I do iskeep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, myown nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says. - P23
|