Quotes about Running

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If you're on the treadmill next to me, the answer is YES, we are racing. — Loves Running
Start slow, then taper off — Walt Stack
And while these pounds were being shed, while the physiological miracles were occurring with the heart and muscle and me — George Sheehan, George Sheehan on Running to Win: How to Achieve the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Victories
A runner's high doesn't come from thinking about the end result, only of the moment, one step, one breath, one heartbeat — C.J. Heck
There were moments in life, Marion thought, when you reached back, baton in hand, feeling the runner behind you. Felt th — Erica Bauermeister, Joy for Beginners
Heat radiated off Henry's face. Salty snot ran down his upper lip. A majestic fart propelled him to the top of Section 1 — Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding
Right before you head out running, it can be hard to remember exactly why you're doing it. You often have to override a — Adharanand Finn, Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
...the real purpose of running isn’t to win a race. It’s to test the limits of the human heart. — -Without Limits
Running is a brutal and emotional sport. It's also a simple, primal sport. As humans, on a most basic level, we get hung — Adharanand Finn, Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the — George Sheehan
Perhaps it is to fulfill this primal urge that runners and joggers get up every morning and pound the streets in cities — Adharanand Finn, Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
If we push on, we begin to feel a vague, tingling sense of who, or what, we really are. It's a powerful feeling, strong — Adharanand Finn, Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth
Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every mo — Abe Gubegna
There is a tremendous amount of farting in prison. — Charlie Engle
Don’t pretend, Bianca,” he said. “You’re smarter than that, and so am I. I finally figured out what you meant when you l — Kody Keplinger, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
Anyway, what can one do here? I am seriously thinking of running away and joining the Foreign Legion or the North-West M — Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement
Sometimes I wish I was in the movies...Not to be famous or nothing. I just wish I was made of light. Then nobody’d know — Alan Heathcock, Volt
Tick. Tick. Tick. This is the sound of your life running out. — Anonymous
And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office. — Christy Romano