About this Blog

This blog will focus on issues related to the book Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind, recently published with Blackwell. The main purpose is to discuss philosophical issues that often arise in the minds of runners:
-What is the relationship between success in running and success in life?
-What can we learn from pain?
-What is the connection between running, friendship, and happiness?
-How does running fit into the pursuit of a meaningful life?

I'll post links relevant to the philosophical dimensions of running, including how the sport of running can contribute to and partially constitute a good life. As the philosopher John Locke put it,

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this world.