Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived!  Run with your heart  ~ Coach Benner Cummings

I can't recall a single time that I felt worse after a run than before  ~ Dean Karnazes

I'm a social drinker with a running problem  ~ Dean Karnazes

Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone  ~ Ken Chlouber

I decided to go for a little run  ~ Forest Gump

There will be days you don't think you can run a marathon.  There will be a lifetime of knowing you have  ~unknown

Don't fear moving slowly forward ... fear standing still  ~Kathleen Harris

Exercise is for people who can't handle drugs and alcohol  ~ Lily Tomlin

Why couldn't Pheidippides have died here? ~ Frank Shorter ( at mile 21 of the Pan Am Games)

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another.  Your mind can't know what's coming ~ Frank Shorter

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

 2011

 2009

Friday night before race

Halfway point

Entering Parkview Field

Sprinting for a PR

Almost there

A personal best

Regan & Nana at the Expo

Regan heading to the Start Line

Rick 2 blocks from the start

Almost ready to run

On the Speedway Track

Someone spotted the camera

Finisher Photo

Finisher Photo

 2008

Smile Rick - you finished

Race clothes in St James Hotel 4:30 am

2 pair of "tosser" sweats plus a pair for later

World's most famous finish line

Mile 18 on 1st Avenue, Manhattan

Mile 24 in Central Park

Finishing with the masses

Expo at the Javits Center - 65 hours to go

Getting ready to re-enter the Park at 25

 Don't look at your watch dude!

 2007

 2006

 2005

 2004