A runner lives for the moment, and can rise to call of her or his own character to do what we know we have to do, for our bodies, for our training, for the promise we made to ourselves some time ago.\xa0 We will have bad days, we will be haunted by the memories of a 4:01:31 finish in Philadelphia back in November of 2007, and we\u2019ll look to our next marathons where we dream of running a sub four\u2026but still, on those icy, rainy, blisteringly hot and humid days when work was a nightmare and everyone wants to carve a little chunk out of us...we find ourselves lacing up our shoes and living the life of a runner: a life nothing short: of present defense.\nShow Links:Fdip Blog of the Week: Featured PodCast: Lagan Runner PodcastThe song \u201cThe Life I Am Trying to Find\u201d was by Adam and the Walter Boys