Seems you haven't missed stride. At the graduation ceremony we went to last weekend, the speaker used a T.S. Eliot quote I liked:
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from". A 'round and round' theme is apropos (particularly for one who runs track:).
Circles and cycles of life
And then priorities:-)
1. Coffee
2. rest room
3. Food
4. Gym