I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech, and a hell of an engineer
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer

These are the beginning words of the Georgia Tech fight song, which I heard this past weekend as I walked onto Georgia Tech's campus for the first time in over 20 years since graduating as a Chemical Engineer. My family and I were there to watch a football game, and it felt like stepping into a time warp. The excitement of the game mixed with the flood of memories. I walked past the chemistry labs I worked in, the classroom buildings where I spent countless hours studying equations and running experiments.

But something was different.

Sure, the campus had changed a little—new buildings, updated structures—but the bigger change was in me. I was seeing the same places with different eyes. It's true what they say: you never walk in the same place twice.

This reminds me of running. You can run the same path, race the same course, but each time it's different. Every run is unique because you're never quite the same runner. As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said, "You cannot step into the same stream twice, for the waters are always flowing, and you are not the same person."

Whether you're training for your next marathon or heading out for a morning jog, every run is its own journey. And that's the beauty of it. Just like returning to Georgia Tech reminded me how far I've come, every run reminds me how we continually evolve as runners and as people.

Best wishes on chasing your running goals!