Steve is a father and husband who decided to start running again after a threeyear hiatus He took his Chow ChowShiba Inu mix dog, Koa, along with him on his daily runs Within a month, he started to connect with nature, appreciating the birds, trees, flowers, ocean, sunrises and sunsets Then, he started to form haiku poems in his mind as he ran His lovefest for nature and haikus led him to get carried away with his running Before he knew it, he was running eight, nine and ten miles He started running in July 2011 and is still running in 2013 with Koa and writing haiku poems every day His life has become more spiritual than before