Why Do You Get So Exhausted?

The day before the marathon I was running on 150th Street. At about the 800-metre mark a dog came near me. The owner lifted his head and saw me. Then he became so excited. He shouted, "Sri Chinmoy!"
 
Three days ago I was doing intervals-walking 100 metres and then running 300 metres. The same man saw me on 150th Street while I was walking. He asked me, "Why do you get exhausted so soon?"
 
He thought I was only walking.
 
-31 October 1982 
 
  
 
[Source: "Why Do You Get So Exhausted?" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 12, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1983.]