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“See the opportunities for adventures, not the constraints that get in the way.”
― Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes
― Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes
“Life is too brief and too rich to tiptoe through half-heartedly, rather than galloping at it with whooping excitement and ambition.”
― There Are Other Rivers: On Foot Across India
― There Are Other Rivers: On Foot Across India
“But I didn't walk a single step. I stopped a lot to stretch, but I never walked. I didn't come here to walk. I came to run. That's the reason-the only reason-I flew all the way to the northern tip of Japan. No matter how slow I might run, I wasn't about to walk. That was the rule.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Sometimes all you need is to climb a simple hill, to spend time staring at an empty horizon, to jump into a cold river or sleep under the stars, or perhaps share a whisky at a small country inn in order to remind yourself what matters most to you in life.”
― Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes
― Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes
“I never could stand being forced to do something I didn't want to do at a time I didn't want to do it. Whenever I was able to do something I liked to do, though, when I wanted to do it, and the way I wanted to do it, I'd give it everything I had.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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