Lauren

“Runners embrace the pain cave. We are overcomers. This is what we do. This is who we are.”
― Cory Reese, Stronger Than the Dark: Exploring the Intimate Relationship Between Running and Depression

“Being brave is about waking to face each day when you would rather just stop waking up. Being brave is staying present to your own heart when that heart is shattered into a million different pieces and can never be made right. Being brave is standing at the edge of the abyss that just opened in someone’s life and not turning away from it, not covering your discomfort with a pithy “think positive” emoticon. Being brave is letting pain unfurl and take up all the space it needs. Being brave is telling that story. It’s terrifying. And it’s beautiful.”
― Megan Devine, It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

“shift happened when I started thinking about running as a challenge to overcome, instead of a torture to endure. The mere fact that I enjoy running proves to me that the way you think has a dramatic impact on the way you feel. It’s easy to look at obstacles and challenges as excuses, but don’t take the easy way out. Instead, look at obstacles as opportunities to prove your badassery. It’s all about reframing.”
― Cory Reese, Stronger Than the Dark: Exploring the Intimate Relationship Between Running and Depression

“Fortunately, as runners, we have one ace up our sleeve. We have a unique advantage against life’s pain and heartbreak: we know how to suffer.”
― Cory Reese, Stronger Than the Dark: Exploring the Intimate Relationship Between Running and Depression