The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team

by Kara Goucher

So much of the art of running is the ability to calm oneself at a moment of extreme pressure. The more you relax, the better you run.

Sometimes it takes being confronted with a healthy alternative to realize how unhealthy the past was.

felt less like I was falling short and more like her example was driving me forward.

Race day is fun, but training gives you moments of the extraordinary in the ordinary. I’d have these moments on training runs thinking,

If I’ve learned anything, it’s that change starts when good people refuse to stay quiet.

Running has been my source of inspiration, my religious practice, my way of interfacing with the world.