Want a strong, solid relationship that is willing to go the distance? Get to know your running shoes.
Adventure books are my personal favorites. ‘The Endurance,’ a story about Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Antarctica expedition, or ‘Into Thin Air,’ Jon Krakauer’s personal account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, are two notables.
If it felt good, you didn’t push hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like hell.
When all else fails, start running!
Running is a simple, primitive act, and therein lays its power. For it is one of the few commonalities left between us as a human race.
I have my whole office set-up at waist level; I don’t sit at all during the day. Sitting, to me, is the devil.
You cannot grow and expand your capabilities without running the risk of failure.
I’m not trying to take more of the pie for myself. I’m trying to make the pie larger for everyone.
If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you’ll catch them.
Listen to everyone, follow no one.
I run because it always takes me where I want to go.
I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I’m somewhere and there’s a marathon, I’ll sign up and just go run it.
Running back-to-back races requires a certain tactical prudence. Going too hard in any one race might jeopardize your performance in another. Maintaining proper hydration and caloric equilibrium also becomes increasingly critical.
A lot of ultramarathoners are soloists. They’re single and live lives off the grid.
We have killed our souls with comfort instead of seeking fulfillment and achievement.
Go out hard and finish harder.
Sure I’m cut but not for the sake of vanity...
Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself.
Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your skin, we all stand as equal. Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people ran.
Even if you’re inches away from the finish, never take success for granted.