“Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. In running the mind flees with the body, the mysterious efflorescence of language seems to pulse in the brain, in rhythm with our feet and the swinging of our arms.”
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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.”
― No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running
― No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running
“Running in the wind, in the pollen and dust, a flower in flight”
― Lolita
― Lolita
“I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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