Of course, in both cases this image resonates more clearly with some things in life than others. But the only way to get closer to your goal is to fill all 60 seconds of every minute with your fullest effort. (2) The minute might be unforgiving in another way if the task at hand is arduous or painful – 60 seconds is a long time to endure if you're having a terrible time, but at the same time a minute is such a short period of time in the context of most arduous or painful tasks (imagine running a marathon or doing a repetitive menial task). Hence the exhortation to occupy every second of every minute with whatever task is at hand ('distance run'), because even if 60 seconds doesn't seem like much time when trying to complete most tasks (including running), you'd take much longer to accomplish anything if you're not focused on the task for all 60 seconds in each minute. (1) The minute is unforgiving in a way that the hour or the day is not because of how fast it passes – a moment of distraction and a minute is gone.
But why the 'minute' instead of some other measure of time? Here are two interpretations that seem plausible: The other answers correctly highlight, I think, the fact that time is unforgiving in that time passed is gone forever.
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