271 Running quotes

As a runner, you have to face the truth about yourself on a regular basis, and it makes you more honest. You can’t pretend to be faster than you are. You can’t pretend that you are better prepared than you are. You cannot pretend to be a runner; you actually have to run.

A minute mile is just as far as a minute mile.

Go as long as you can, and then take another step.

I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run…to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that.

I’m often asked what I think about as I run. Usually, the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I’m running? I don’t have a clue.

In running, every step you make and every push forward changes you

Just because your muscles start to protest doesn’t mean you have to listen.

Never limit where running can take you. I mean that geographically, spiritually, and of course, physically.

Our running shoes have magic in them. The power to transform a bad day into a good day; frustration into speed; self-doubt into confidence; chocolate cake into muscle.

Remember, the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running.

Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance – you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.

Shut up legs. We got this.

Some people train knowing they’re not working as hard as other people. I can’t fathom how they think.

Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding more from yourself – expanding and learning as you go – you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip.

The Hopis consider running a form of prayer; they offer every step as a sacrifice to a loved one, and in return ask the Great Spirit to match their strength with some of his own.

Your mind will quit a thousand times before your body will. Feel the fear and do it anyway!

A year from now you will wish you had started today.

Fast running isn't forced. You have to relax and let the run come out of you.

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

I always tell my athletes, don’t confuse difficulty with failure.

I think I get addicted to the feelings associated with the end of a long run. I love feeling empty, clean, worn out, and sweat – purged. I love that good ache of the muscles that have done my proud.

If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you.

Never underestimate the power that one good workout can have on your mind. Keeping the dream alive is half the battle.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

Run like hell and get the agony over with.

Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is life well lived.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will never be a time when the human spirit will not be able to better existing records.

The voice in your head that says that you can’t do this is a liar.

There’s not one body type that equates to success. Accept the body you have and be the best you can be with it.

Try jogging when following your heart, it’s healthier.

We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.

We run when we’re scared, we run when we’re ecstatic, we run away from our problems and run around for a good time.

What I’ve learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you’re hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.

When your legs get tired, run with your heart.

Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.

As athletes we have ups and downs. Unfortunately, you can’t pick the days they come on.

Even if there were two of me, I still couldn’t do all that has to be done. No matter what, though, I keep up my running. Running every day is a kind of lifeline for me, so I’m not going to lay off or quit just because I’m busy. If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I’d never run again. I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit. All I can do is keep those few reasons nicely polished.

Every day is a good day when you run.

I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.

If you want to change your body, exercise. If you want to change your life, become a runner.

I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your own two ears.

No matter how slow you go you are still lapping everyone on the couch.

One run can change your day. Many runs can change your life.

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. 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 limits: that’s the essence of running…

Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable.

Running is a thing worth doing not because of the future rewards it bestows, but because of how it feeds our bodies and minds and souls in the present.

Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

The nine inches right here; set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world.

There are clubs you can’t belong to, neighbors you can’t live in, schools you can’t get into, but the roads are always open.

Tough runs don’t last; tough runners do.

What is the source of my success? I think it’s a combination of consistency and balance.

You are truly your own hero in running. It is up to you to have the responsibility and self–discipline to get the job done.

Your body provides you with constant feedback that can help improve your running performance while minimizing biomechanical stress. Learn to differentiate between the discomfort of effort and the pain of injury. When you practice listening, you increase competence in persevering through the former and responding with respect and compassion to the latter.

All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle – when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

Every run is a work of art, a drawing on each day’s canvas. Some runs are shouts and some runs are whispers. Some runs are eulogies and others, celebrations.

I didn’t feel like running today. Which is exactly why I went.

If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run.

It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

Look in the mirror. That is your competition.

Once you're beat mentally, you might as well not even go to the starting line.

Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.

Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?

That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life is.

The more I run, the more I love my body. Not because it’s perfect, far from it, but because with every mile it is proving to me that I am capable of more than I ever thought possible.

The secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative stay smiling, and keep running.

There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it.

What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared, to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most un-profound and sometimes heart – rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles, Miles of Trials. How could they be expected to understand that?

You should be running.

As every runner knows, running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.

Don’t fear moving slowly forward…fear standing still.

Don't stop when you're tired. Stop when you are done.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue.

It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

On your good days, run hard. On your bad days, run as long as you need.

Patience is the key which solves all problems.

People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness. Dostoyevsky had it right: 'Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.' Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is a magic in misery. Just ask any runner.

Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion.

Someone who is busier than you is running right now.

The pain of running relieves the pain of living.

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put one’s house keys.

We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

What seems hard now will one day be your warmup.

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

A one hour run is % of your day. No excuses.

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.

I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is, 'if I'm not out there training…someone else is.

I’ve learned that it’s what you do with the miles, rather than how many you’ve run

It’s my own space, my own time, when I’m just out there letting my thoughts go. It’s part of my day like eating, and it’s one of my favorite parts.

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

Running is alone time that lets my brain unspool the tangles that build up over days…I run, pound it out on the pavement, channel that energy into my legs, and when I’m done with my run, I’m done with it.

Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.

The beauty of running is its simplicity; the beauty of runners is that we all have a similar drive to improve. We are either trying to run a personal best, or toeing the line for the first time, which will snowball into a future of trying to run personal bests.

The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky.

Today I will do what others won’t so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

When it’s pouring rain and you’re bowling along through the wet, there’s satisfaction in knowing you’re out there and the others aren’t.

Yes, I am round. Yes, I am slow. Yes, I run as though my legs are tied together at the knees. But I am running. And that is all that matters.

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self–satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

As we run, we become.

Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what keeps us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, and all of those voices that tell you what you can and cannot do and can and cannot be.

Don’t dream of winning, train for it!

I often hear someone say I’m not a real runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner.

It’s not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.

Nothing, not even pain, lasts forever. If I can just keep putting one foot in front of the other, I will eventually get to the end.

My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Running is my private time, my therapy, my religion.

Running is real and relatively simple… but it ain’t easy. – Mark Will

The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long–distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.

We are designed to run, and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.

What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the couch is that we learn through running to take what the days gives us, what our body will allow us, and what our will can tolerate.

You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face.

Running teaches us to keep moving forward, one step at a time, especially in the most painful moments.

As a runner, you have to face the truth about yourself on a regular basis, and it makes you more honest. You can’t pretend to be faster than you are. You can’t pretend that you are better prepared than you are. You cannot pretend to be a runner. You actually have to run.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No Matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

I can't imagine living and not running.

I’ll be happy if running and I can grow old together.

If you are in a bad mood go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk.

If you don’t think you were born to run, you’re not only denying history. You’re denying who you are.

It doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that.

Life equals running and when we stop running maybe that’s how we’ll know life is finally finished.

Long distance running is percent mental and the other half is physical.

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

Running became the one event in my daily life that I looked forward to. Books and movies paled in comparison to the refuge of my feet slapping patiently in the fresh morning air

Running isn't a sport for pretty boys...It's about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. It’s the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It's about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough to wake the dead. It's about getting out the door and running when the rest of the world is only dreaming about having the passion that you need to live each and every day with. It's about being on a lonely road and running like a champion even when there's not a single soul in sight to cheer you on. Running is all about having the desire to train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned to steel. And when you've finally forged hard enough, you will have become the best runner you can be. And that's all that you can ask for.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and, most of all, LOVE of what you are doing.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.

The freedom of Cross Country is so primitive. It’s woman vs. nature. ― Lynn Jennings

We all know that if you run, you are pretty much choosing a life of success because of it.

You didn't beat me. You merely finished in front of me.

Ask yourself: Can I give more? The answer is usually: Yes.

But you can’t muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it.

Clear your mind of can’t.

I run . . . I’m slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter, but I run.

It's just as important to remember that each foot strike carries you forward, not backward. And every time you put on your running shoes you are different in come way than you were the day before. This is all good news.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

Running releases more than just sweat.

There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further yet, and what you have before you, laid bare, is the soul.

We run to undo the damage we’ve done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.

Be somebody nobody thought you could be.

But I also realize that winning doesn’t always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself. Meb Keflezighi

I run because I can. When I get tired, I remember those who can't run, what they would give to have this simple gift I take for granted, and I run harder for them. I know they would do the same for me.

I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy… I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.

It's very hard at the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit. - George Sheehan, M.D.

Running! If there’s any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can’t think of what it might be.

There will come a day when I can no longer run. Today is not that day.

Run like hell and get the agony over with.

One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

After joyfully working each morning, I would leave off around midday to challenge myself to a footrace. Speeding along the sunny paths of the Jardin du Luxembourg, ideas would breed like aphids in my head – for a creative invention is easy and sublime when air cycles quickly through the lungs and the body is busy at noble tasks.

Be confident in the work you did to prepare for the race. Take a look back at your training logs to remind yourself that you've done everything possible to prepare. The race is the fun part where you get to see the hard work pay off. Enjoy it.

Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished.

Every race is a question, and I never know until the last yards what the answer will be. That's the lure of racing.

For me, races are the celebration of my training.

For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself. At least that’s why I’ve put in the effort day after day: to raise my own level. I’m no great runner, by any means. I’m at an ordinary – or perhaps more like mediocre – level. But that’s not the point. The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

Get going … walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.

I'm always nervous. If I wasn't nervous, it would be weird. I get the same feeling at all the big races. It's part of the routine, and I accept it. It means I'm there and I'm ready.

I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.

In any race, when the first half is all about pacing, the second half will be about passing.

It's amazing how the same pace in practice can feel so much harder than on race day. Stay confident. Trust the process.

Let's just say it and be done with it. Racing hurts. But here's another truth: having put in the effort to prepare for a race and then not giving it your all hurts even more. The first kind of hurt goes away in hours or a day. The second kind of hurt can last a lifetime.

Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: 'Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win.

My times become slower and slower, but the experience of the race is unchanged: each race a drama, each race a challenge, each race stretching me in one way or another, and each race telling me more about myself and others.

No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.

Run the first two-thirds of the race with your head and the last third with your heart.

Running is in my blood – the adrenaline flows before the races, the love/hate of butterflies in your stomach.

The real purpose of running isn't to win a race. It's to test the limits of the human heart.

The reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other… but to be with each other.

We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is lifetime sport.

When I do the best I can with what I have, then I have won my race. ​

When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting.

Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.

Your goal is simple: Finish. Experience your first race, don’t race it.

Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon.

How to run an ultramarathon? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don’t stop till you cross the finish line.

I breathe in strength and breathe out weakness,’ is my mantra during marathons – it calms me down and helps me focus.

If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

Marathoning. The triumph of desire over reason.

No marathon gets easier later. The halfway point only marks the end of the beginning.

The marathon can humble you.

The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith and to become one’s own person, utterly and completely. George A. Sheehan

There will be days you don’t think you can run a marathon. There will be a lifetime of knowing you have.

Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good.

I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself.

I always loved running…it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

I love controlling a race, chewing up an opponent. Let's get down and dirty. Let's fight it out. It's raw, animalistic, with no one to rely on but yourself. There's no better feeling than that.

Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.

A runner is real when she takes the first step.

A runner must run with dreams in his heart.

A short run is better than no run.

Ask nothing from your running, in other words, and you’ll get more than you ever imagined.

Everyone in life is looking for a certain rush. Racing is where I get mine.

Whether a mile or a marathon, you get there the same way. . . one step at a time. Such is life.

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.

Racing is an escape from society. From symbols of status, and self-perception. A chance to just be. For everyone to just be, with each other.

Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.

Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.

Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually pain passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.

Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.

Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about.

Good health, peace of mind, being outdoors, camaraderie: those are all wonderful things that come to you when running. But for me, the real pull of running

If you fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run.

Jogging is for people who aren’t intelligent enough to watch television.

Don’t worry, toenails are overrated.

Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.

If you don’t have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain’t getting them.

If you feel bad at miles, you’re in trouble. If you feel bad at miles, you’re normal. If you don’t feel bad at miles, you’re abnormal.

A good laugh and a long run are the two best cures for anything.

After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you. ― V.E. Schwab

I run so my goals in life will continue to get bigger instead of my belly.

I’ve got problems, but I’m going running to ignore them all for an hour.

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

Runner's logic: I'm tired. Let me go for a run.

I'll quit running when I'm dead, which feels like it will probably be in about another mile or two.

Jogging is very beneficial. It’s good for your legs and your feet. It’s also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed.

Remember: It’s rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud.

I love running cross country. On a track, I feel like a hamster.

If the hill has its own name, then it’s probably a pretty tough hill.

Run like Ryan Gosling is waiting for you at the finish line. With a puppy.

Run like you stole something.

Remember, the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe is choosing the left one.

We can’t all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

Run. Because zombies will eat the untrained ones first!

The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you’re not in shape for it, it’s too far to walk back.

Toenails are for sissies.

If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken him completely by surprise.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

You would run much slower if you were dragging something behind you, like a knapsack or a sheriff.

No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success. Although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.

There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put one’s house keys.

If you run miles a week, you can eat anything you want. Why? Because a) You’ll burn all the calories you consume, b) You deserve it, and c) you’ll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.

If you start to feel good during an ultra, don’t worry, you will get over it.

My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years old already.

Run in the morning … before your brain figures out what your body is doing!

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

Remember: Sweat is fat crying.

If I pass out, please pause my Garmin.

How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.

Running won't solve all your problems. But then again, neither will housework.

Running a marathon felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.

Life is short. Running makes it seem longer.

Do your feet hurt? It’s probably a mix of doing so much running and kicking so much ass! Keep it up!

Start slow, then taper off.

I don’t think jogging is healthy, especially morning jogging. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups.

It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it. Brooks Johnson

It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street, my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him.

Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $. a gallon for gas.

I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty.

I don't believe in jogging. It extends your life, but by about the same amount of time you spend jogging.

Run like there's a hot guy in front of you and a creepy one behind you.

A good run is like a cup of coffee. I'm much nicer after I've had one.

I consider my refusal to run today as resistance training.