“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle – when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.”

Christopher McDougall

“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.”

Kathrine Switzer

“If you don’t have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain’t getting them.”

Christopher McDougall

“I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run…to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that.”

Dean Karnazes

“People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But don’t think that’s the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and

“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

“We wouldn’t be alive without love, we wouldn’t have survived without running. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that getting better at one could make you better at the other.”

Christopher McDougall

“Running is real and relatively simple… but it ain’t easy.”

Mark Will-Weber

“If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second place.”

Criss Jami