Ultrarunning Quotes & Sayings

Everything took on the color of blood. — Barbara W. Tuchman

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Roadblocks in life divert us to opportunities we would have otherwise missed
Kamil Ali — Kamil Ali

Most pro bodybuilders have bad relationships with their fathers. We want to prove something. — Lou Ferrigno

I'd rather be the last runner who saw a cool thing that everyone else missed, than to be a speedy runner who had a miserable experience. — Vanessa Runs

What else is there to do in this world but love other people? — James E. Shapiro

Facts seemed to run around and rattle in his head like dried peas, and then suddenly to form a convincing pattern. — Philip Zaleski

In ultrarunning, the mountains and willpower equalize the genders. Strawburst — Scott Jurek

He who has mastered the true nature of life does not labor over what life cannot do. He who has mastered the true nature of fate does not labor over what knowledge cannot change. — Zhuangzi

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in. — Amanda Burton

The challenge of ultrarunning is 90 percent mental, and the other 10 percent is all in our heads — Ray Zahab

Truth is very important for live happy. — Jagannath Hembram

If it's a nod from society you're looking for, run a marathon. But if it's a life-changing experience of personal strength and perseverance that you want, finish an ultra. — Vanessa Runs

There's not enough said about winter runing. Running in the winter is like not giving up when the road gets hard. It's about willpower and perseverance and being faithful to your sport. — Vanessa Runs

The enjoyment of the sufferer finds expression in those moans; if he did not feel enjoyment in them he would not moan. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For those hours on the Tonto Trail, we didn't know anything except the land and the sky and our bodies. I was free from everything except what I was doing at that very moment, floating between what was and what would be as surely as I was suspended between river and rim. Finally I remembered what I had found in ultrarunning. I remembered what I had lost. — Scott Jurek

Drunks conjure an endless drama from their bottles. — Mason Cooley

Get yourself into something that you don't have passion for and feel like an idiot always. — Ameya Agrawal

I belong to the initiators of the ... and we had repeatedly also asked the dismantling of the SS-20 but we did not connect them - that was the difference. We didn't connect them because we felt that this was a step taken, an unnecessary step by the American side and added to by the NATO member countries. — Petra Kelly