Gregory Eakins

“I was fascinated by stories of blisters that bled through shoes, men and women who grew delirious with effort and tumbled into abandoned mines, and athletes immersing themselves in tubs of ice to lower their off-the-chart core temperatures. But it was runner porn: something to titillate my imagination and to minimize on the computer screen if anyone strolled by. Fifty Shades of Blisters.”
― Tom Foreman, My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan

“Adolescence, while it’s a place I like to visit periodically, shouldn’t be a lifestyle. Tragic maturity, while appropriate at times, will kill your soul if practiced perpetually.”
― T.C. Luoma, The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff

“The problem is, we look for someone to grow old together, while the secret is to find someone to stay a child with.”
― Charles Bukowski

“We know deep down that the perfect body or ultimate personal record can never really be achieved, because our imagination always sets the goal a step or two or three ahead of what we’ve accomplished. And we also know that the universe is merciless enough to give us a few physical challenges that we won’t be, can’t be, prepared for.

So it’s not the goal that’s important, it’s the journey. The journey’s the thing. The journey’s the reward.”
― T.C. Luoma, The Testosterone Principles 2: Manhood and Other Stuff