The General Motors

This is a running related post and not anything else...

Found a good article about this 4-star general in the US army who is a very keen runner and how he uses running at the center of his philosophy. He says "This [running] is where the world's complications become clearer to me."

Interesting to note at the end of the article how with age this person now seems to be stepping down from the god like complex. The reporter after getting totally beat down by the severe competitive spirit of the general asks him his thoughts on a quote by E.E. Cummings: "Nothing measurable matters." The general replies "I'm increasingly thinking Cummings may be right, as you get older, you're less keen on having somebody start a stopwatch."
The general even finds out what his recruits and aides are made of by taking them out for a run. He says "when we bring a new guy in, I take him out for a run," and then the general will try to "waste" this person.

Read the article here: The General Motors