You know, I must be honest here - running for me is a straightforward form of torture. Yet, although I prefer to get from point A to B at my shuffling kind of pace, reading these running quotes has inspired me greatly. I'm still not sure what they have inspired me to do, but now I kinda get the elation people feel when they finish their run! So, whether you are a devoted runner or a slower-moving person like me, these quotes about running will stir something in you either way.
Unlike the other sports quotes, these ones have a nice undercurrent in all of them, and it's being disconnected from the busy world around you and channeling your thoughts into yourself. Kind of having quality alone time with you, your thoughts, and your body. Now, that can also be achieved with plenty of other sports, but running, judging from these wonderful quotes, seems to be the number one in this category. Another thing these inspiring quotes talk so often about is perseverance. And we all know that without perseverance, good things don't really come your way. Seems like running is an excellent school for that!
So, tighten your shoelaces, do some stretching and let's run straight into these moving quotes together! Once you are there, vote for the best quotes about running from this list, and don't forget to share this article with your friends.
#1
"I’ve got 99 problems, so I went on a run to ignore them all." — Unknown
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"Long-distance running is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical." – Rich Davis
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"Runners just do it – they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first." — Unknown
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"Run in the morning... before your brain figures out what your body is doing!" – Anonymous
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"Running is a simple activity. Just lace up your shoes and go, one step at a time, like each breath."― Adharanand Finn
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"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." – Bart Yasso
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"I started running to escape the memories that drinking couldn’t cover up."― Dean Karnazes
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"I run every day. It’s like medicine." — Jennifer Carpenter
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"Don’t be a jogger, they’re the one’s who find dead bodies." — Amanda Brooks
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"I like what it does for my mind. If I've had a bad day, if I'm feeling stressed out, if I'm feeling overwhelmed — it takes it all away. It's my antidote for everything. If I feel any sort of emotional upheaval, I go for a jog and I feel better." — Kelly Ripa
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"It gave me a natural endorphin high, but it also helped me sleep, so it was perfect. It’s easy to understand how people replace addiction with exercise." — Eminem
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"Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running." — Julie Isphording
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"How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you." — Jimmy Fallon
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"Run like hell and get the agony over with." — Clarence DeMar
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"If you don’t have answers to your problems after a four-hour run, you ain’t getting them." – Christopher McDougall
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"Running is real and relatively simple… but it ain’t easy." – Mark Will-Weber
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"Running is alone time that lets my brain unspool the tangles that build up over days." – Bob Hneisen
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"Running strengthens self-motivation."― Tumpal Sihombing
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"When you feel life’s slow, run !" ― Tumpal Sihombing
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"Run for fun. Run for exercise. Run for a better life."― Toni Sorenson
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