“The pain of running relieves the pain of living.”

Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don’t have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.”

Amby Burfoot

“All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.”

Haruki Murakami

“If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk.”

Hippocrates

“The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”

Haruki Murakami

“When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They’re weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.”

Kathrine Switzer

“Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.”

Tim Noakes

“If you don’t think you were born to run you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.”

Christopher McDougall

“There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it.”

Greg Dening