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title: "1 Strength Came Quotes By Christopher McDougall"
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> [“Poetry, music, forests, oceans, solitude—they were what developed enormous spiritual strength. I came to realize that spirit, as much or more than physical conditioning, had to be stored up before a race. —HERB ELLIOTT,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/poetry-music-forests-oceans-solitude-they-were-what-developed/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

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## More by Christopher McDougall

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/we-run-when-we-re-scared-we-run-when-we-re-ecstatic-we-run-away-from/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“Whenever an art form loses its fire, when it gets weakened by intellectual inbreeding and first principles fade into stale tradition, a radical fringe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/whenever-an-art-form-loses-its-fire-when-it-gets-weakened-by/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [Nearly all runners do their slow runs too fast, and their fast runs too slow." Ken Mierke says. "So they're just training their bodies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/nearly-all-runners-do-their-slow-runs-too-fast-and-their-fast-runs/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“Death Valley is the perfect flesh-grilling device, the Foreman Grill in Mother Nature’s cupboard. It’s a big, shimmering sea of salt ringed by mountains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/death-valley-is-the-perfect-flesh-grilling-device-the-foreman-grill/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [We were born to run; we were born because we run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/we-were-born-to-run-we-were-born-because-we-run/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“that it took him nearly the entire walk to notice what was happening: his back didn’t hurt. Didn’t hurt a bit. Heyyy … Ted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/that-it-took-him-nearly-the-entire-walk-to-notice-what-was-happening/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/extreme-heroism-springs-from-something-that-no-scientific-theory-can/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [You don't have to be fast. But you'd better be fearless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/you-don-t-have-to-be-fast-but-you-d-better-be-fearless/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“To live with ghosts requires solitude. —ANNE MICHAELS, Fugitive Pieces”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/to-live-with-ghosts-requires-solitude-anne-michaels-fugitive-pieces/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love \*running\*. The engineering was certainly the same: both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/there-was-some-kind-of-connection-between-the-capacity-to-love-and/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“You get leafy greens in your body first thing in the morning and you'll lose a lot of weight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/you-get-leafy-greens-in-your-body-first-thing-in-the-morning-and-you/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“Distance running demands a brain-body connection that no other creature is capable of.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/distance-running-demands-a-brain-body-connection-that-no-other/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“Ultra god Scott Jurek summed up the Young Guns’ unofficial creed with a quote from William James he stuck on the end of every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/ultra-god-scott-jurek-summed-up-the-young-guns-unofficial-creed-with/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“The way to activate your fat-burning furnace is by staying below your aerobic threshold—your hard-breathing point—during your endurance runs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/the-way-to-activate-your-fat-burning-furnace-is-by-staying-below-your/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

> [“Don't fight the trail. Take what it gives you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-mcdougall/don-t-fight-the-trail-take-what-it-gives-you/)

[Christopher McDougall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-mcdougall/)

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