Running Quotes – A Collation Of Over 200 Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
– Dean Karnazes

“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you’re not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you’re not demanding more from yourself – expanding and learning as you go – you’re choosing a numb existence. You’re denying yourself an extraordinary trip.”
– Dean Karnazes

“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

“Some seek the comfort of their therapist’s office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.”
– Dean Karnazes

“I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit the trails, put one foot in front of the other, and come to the same conclusion I did: I run because it always takes me where I want to go.”
– Dean Karnazes

“People think I’m crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness. Dostoyevsky had it right: ‘Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.’ Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is a magic in misery. Just ask any runner.”
– Dean Karnazes

“Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.”
– Dean Karnazes

“As long as my heart‘s still in it, I’ll keep going. If the passion‘s there, why stop?…”
– Dean Karnazes

“How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don’t stop till you cross the finish line.”
– Dean Karnazes

“Listen to your body. Do not be a blind and deaf tenant.”
– Dr. George Sheehan

“In running, it doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, ‘I have finished.’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that.”
– Fred Lebow

“There are no standards and no possible victories except the joy you are living while dancing your run. You are not running for some future reward-the real reward is now!”
– Fred Rohe

“Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.”
– George Patton

“The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect.”
– George Sheehan

“For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.”
– George Sheehan

“Running is just such a monastery– a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.”
– George Sheehan

“And while these pounds were being shed, while the physiological miracles were occurring with the heart and muscle and metabolism, psychological marvels were taking place as well. Just so, the world over, bodies, minds, and souls are constantly being born again, during miles on the road.”
– George Sheehan

“There was no girls’ cross-country team at our high school, since cross-country courses were two or three miles long, and, at that distance, a girl’s uterus could fall out.”
– Gretchen Reynolds

“There’s one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb…suggests one day…for every kilometer run in anger.”
– Hal Higdon

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
– Haruki Murakami

“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 fully alive then in a fog, and I believe running helps you to do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that’s the essence of running, and a metaphor for life — and for me, for writing as whole. I believe many runners would agree.”
– Haruki Murakami

“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

“I’m often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I’m running? I don’t have a clue.”
– Haruki Murakami

“The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky.”
– Haruki Murakami

“Of course it was painful, and there were times when, emotionally, I just wanted to chuck it all. But pain seems to be a precondition for this kind of sport. If pain weren’t involved, who in the world would ever go to the trouble of taking part in sports like the triathlon or the marathon, which demand such an investment of time and energy? It’s precisely because of the pain, precisely because we want to overcome that pain, that we can get the feeling, through this process, of really being alive–or at least a partial sense of it. Your quality of experience is based not on standards such as time or ranking, but on finally awakening to an awareness of the fluidity within action itself.”
– Haruki Murakami

“For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself. At least that’s why I’ve put in the effort day after day: to raise my own level. I’m no great runner, by any means. I’m at an ordinary – or perhaps more like mediocre – level. But that’s not the point. 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

“I’ll be happy if running and I can grow old together.”
– Haruki Murakami

“Their hearts, lost in thought, slowly tick away time. When we pass each other on the road, we listen to the rhythm of each other’s breathing, and sense the way the other person is ticking away the moments.”
– Haruki Murakami

“Even when I ran my bar I followed the same policy. A lot of customers came to the bar. If one in ten enjoyed the place and said he’d come again, that was enough. If one out of ten was a repeat customer, then the business would survive. To put it another way, it didn’t matter if nine out of ten didn’t like my bar. This realization lifted a weight off my shoulders. Still, I had to make sure that the one person who did like the place.”
– Haruki Murakami

“They’ll torture you for months before killing you if you run” Otis shrugged, as if this was an everyday occurrence.”
– Heather Brewer

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