Cross Country Quotes

“Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.”
― Chrissie Wellington, A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey

“On day one of the drive, I saw my first dome sky. The world was so flat that I could see the level horizon all around me and the sky looked like a dome. Skies like that will give you perspective when nothing else will. The second day, a tumbleweed blew across the interstate. I’m in a western movie, I said to myself, laughing. I found it so much easier to laugh now that this weight had been lifted from my shoulders.”
― Kimberly Novosel, Loved

“I'm just scared I won't run as fast as I did my freshman year,' I admitted, choking back tears.
Coach Woj looked at me for a moment, his eye gentle.
'You don't have to.”
― Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It