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Or Maybe I should put it another way: I run in order to acquire a void. But as you might expect, an occasional thought will slip into this void. People’s minds kind be a complete blank. Human beings’ emotions are not strong or consistent enough to sustain a vacuum.

What I mean is, the kinds of thoughts and ideas that invade my emotions as I run remain subordinate to that void. Lacking content, they are just random thoughts that gather around that central void.

Murakami, what I talk about when I talk about running