The Art of Running: From Marathon to Athens on Winged Feet
You just have to do something that is moderately difficult for you and stick with it for at least twenty minutes. That’s because the runner’s high isn’t a running high. It’s a persistence high.
Kelly McGonigal • The Joy of Movement: How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
To love is to relish the mundane. As runners, we invest deeply in a sport of repetition, failure and loneliness. This shared passion creates a secret language, a lingua franca that transcends pace or prominence, culture or creed. And that's running.
Tracksmith • Running Alongside Grief | Tracksmith
People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But I 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.
Haruki Murakami • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Gratitude can be a powerful antidote to feeling stuck on the hedonic treadmill. Paying attention to what you are experiencing in the moment, and savoring the enjoyment of a specific experience beyond its outcome, can attach meaning to different aspects of an activity. Rather than trying to exceed 20 miles on a four-hour trail run, refusing to “wast
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