Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
But enlightenment, as the monk says, isn’t a point where everything stops and you’ve made it, forever surrounded by a halo of bliss. No, it is something alive, something that pushes you on every day, that calls you to return, whether you are a Daigyoman Ajari on Mount Hiei or a data-management assistant in an office in Hounslow
Adharanand Finn • The Way of the Runner
Running is a form of practiced stoicism. It means teaching your brain and body to be biomechanically comfortable in a state of disrepair.
Matthew Inman • the Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (The Oatmeal Book 5) the Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances
“People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But don’t think that’s the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and
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It is a commonly shared sentiment that running is like life. In What I Talk About When I Talk About Running , Haruki Murakami writes:
“If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive than in a fog, and I believe running helps you do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual l... See more