Alex

“I did not become a runner to lose weight, I did it to escape my computer”
― The Oatmeal, The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Volume 5)

“You don't get anywhere by magic, but only by putting in the required number of steps. (...) There is a truth, a beauty, and a symmetry in this that is inviolate. Every step counts. Each is an act of beauty. Together they create stride, and in terms of the whole, pace.”
― Bernd Heinrich, Why We Run: A Natural History

“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“There may be no more compelling goal than a close one, but there is none more lasting than a distant one not yet attained.”
― Bernd Heinrich, Why We Run: A Natural History