For six months I dreamt only of that finish line. Of what that would feel like. I’d well up even imagining the day I could finally stop running, but when I got there I found that I wasn’t overwhelmed with a sense of elation, or of achievement. Instead, I experienced that deep sense of contentment and I discovered that contentment is better than any form of ecstasy. Elation excites; contentment nourishes. It is the rarest feeling
