Running Quotes Quotes

“Success in life is not for those who run fast, but for those who keep running and always on the move.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“I am running and running, God knows where; God knows why?”
“Aren’t we all?”
― Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

“I am running and running, God knows where; God knows why?'

'Aren’t we all?”
― Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

“I am running and running, God knows where; God knows why?”
― Abhaidev, The Gods Are Not Dead

“I'm alone, but I'm not lonely. I like who I am. I like who I'm becoming.”
― Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

“The runner knows something the rest of us are busy forgetting: to get stronger, you have to go on until you are uncomfortable, and then go on a while longer. It is in that place where discomfort happens but activity is still possible that growth and development happen.”
― Jason Dias, Values of Pain: How a culture of convenience shapes our spirituality

“Running away from someone you love is a race you will never win.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“I learned to run toward the pain, not away from it. There is nothing like that feeling: pushing, your legs like two powerhouses, your cadence a seemingly effortless rhythm in sync with your mind, every emotional pain you ever experienced washed away by your power to endure. A personal thought I often have after a great run: The pain of running relieves the pain of living.”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“Where most friends would say, “Poor baby,” running friends say, “You’re being a baby.” Where most friends offer gentle encouragement, running friends talk smack. Running buddies celebrate the best, tolerate the worst, and pretend not to notice the embarrassing. They’re a vault for the secrets that we share on the trail, when we’re hungry, hot, and way too tired to be anything but 100 percent real. And when someone asks, “Would it be a horrible idea if . . . ?” the running buddy’s answer is always, “Yes. What time?” A running buddy sees your limitless potential and will happily act as a mirror until you see it, too.”
― Susan Lacke, Running Outside the Comfort Zone: An Explorer's Guide to the Edges of Running

“She ran as the first maples started to change color, then the oak.
She jumped over roots, she sidestepped brambles, her footfalls echoing off plank bridges traversing streams.
She was the first person at practice. The last to go home.
She ran for speed. She ran for distance. She stretched carefully first thing in the morning and last thing before bed.”
― C. D. Bell, Weregirl

“The pain of running relieves the pain of living.”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“I don't mind running with turtles.
From book: stuff I think about
By Sondra Faye”
― Sondra Faye

“Sidewalks always win
Knees always lose!”
― Charles M. Schulz

“I hate “fun runs” because, seriously, fuck you.”
― Allison Robicelli

“Running … led to a deep happiness that only comes from doing what you love, what your soul screams at you to do upon waking each day.”
― S.F. Hick, Tempo

“It was on this day, during this terrible and wonderful run, that a thought occurred to me, a thought which has never left me" I've always considered the question to be. "Why am I alive? Why am I here? What’s the point of me?? And to that I say WHO CARES! FORGET THE WHY. YOU ARE IN A RAGING FOREST FULL OF BEAUTY AND AGONY AND MAGICAL GRAPEY BEVERAGES AND LIGHTNING STORMS AND DEMON BEES. THIS IS BETTER THAN THE WHY.
I run because I seek that clarity. Maybe it’s superficial. Maybe its’s just adrenaline and endorphins and serotine flooding my brain. But I don’t care. I run very fast because I desperately want to stand very still. I run to seek a void.
The world around me is so very, very loud. It begs me to slow down, to sit down, to lie down. And the buzzing of the world is nothing compared to the noise inside my head. I’m an introspective person, and sometimes I think too much, about my job and about my life. I feed an army of pointless, bantering demons. But when I run, the world grows quiet. Demons are forgotten, Krakens are slain, and Blerches are silenced. THE END.”
― Matthew Inman, The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Volume 5)

“Running away is a way of attack.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“but he misses it, the running. Trapped in this house, he misses it more than ever. Misses the rhythm of it, the way his breathing eventually just slotted into place, the way the world kind of fell toward him, like he was standing still and the whole planet was turning underneath him instead. It was solitude, but it was solitude that wasn’t lonely. Solitude that could sort things out. And he hadn’t had that in ages.”
― Patrick Ness, More Than This

“What’s at the core of your desire to run a marathon? Couple this journey with value beyond miles. The meaning you ascribe to your effort crystalizes your motivation and fuels your commitment to stay the course and go the distance.”
― Gina Greenlee, The Whole Person Guide to Your First Marathon: A Mind Body Spirit Companion

“They continued to run together for the next thirty minutes. Not a word between them, only the unspoken pulse of the run. Jacob believed runners shared an implicit doctrine: push through the pain to hit a point where it doesn't hurt anymore.”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn, What He Didn't See

“Between the Mile

I have always counted the miles.
Sometimes they came quick,
Other times slow.
The distance between things,
The way I could know.
Close could feel far,
And far could feel near.
The miles that passed too quickly,
The ones I ran out of fear.
They weren’t all the same,
So I had been told,
The unmarked trails,
And the days I was bold.

Some miles went down,
Spiraling so low,
When I was afraid to look forward,
There was nowhere to go.
The sunset came fast,
And the day turned to night,
But the trails could be endless,
If I looked at them right.

Everything I knew,
All I was told,
The conversations left behind,
The people who grew old.

When the miles stretched out before me,
I wanted to sew them at the seam,
Looking forward and then back,
Holding everything in between.”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“Between the Miles

I have always counted the miles.
Sometimes they came quick,
Other times slow.
The distance between things,
The way I could know.
Close could feel far,
And far could feel near.
The miles that passed too quickly,
The ones I ran out of fear.
They weren’t all the same,
So I had been told,
The unmarked trails,
And the days I was bold.

Some miles went down,
Spiraling so low,
When I was afraid to look forward,
There was nowhere to go.
The sunset came fast,
And the day turned to night,
But the trails could be endless,
If I looked at them right.

Everything I knew,
All I was told,
The conversations left behind,
The people who grew old.

When the miles stretched out before me,
I wanted to sew them at the seam,
Looking forward and then back,
Holding everything in between.”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“I highly recommended running through grassy trails in the rain. There is a haven of serenity out in nature, the sound of raindrops and the scent of flowers, the feeling of the water along my skin. Even in the middle of a busy city and an insane world, there is beauty everywhere. All we have to do is pause long enough to notice.”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“I highly recommend running through grassy trails in the rain. There is a haven of serenity out in nature, the sound of raindrops and the scent of flowers, the feeling of the water along my skin. Even in the middle of a busy city and an insane world, there is beauty everywhere. All we have to do is pause long enough to notice.”
― Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“I started easy, so I reminded myself of the wisdom I had often heard repeated by experienced ultrarunners: it’s not about who goes the fastest, it’s about who doesn’t slow down the most.”
― Rob Steger, Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack

“You must train regularly and there are rarely any shortcuts.”
― Rob Steger, Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack

“If you’re running in the wrong direction, speed doesn’t matter.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose