Kristin Armstrong

Embrace your sweat. It is your essence and your emancipation.

— Kristin Armstrong

I feel like I've done everything I can, and what I wanted to do.

— Kristin Armstrong

I run hills anytime I really have to think.

— Kristin Armstrong

Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.

— Kristin Armstrong

Running is always an exercise in humility.

— Kristin Armstrong

Real connection and intimacy is like a meal, not a sugar fix.

— Kristin Armstrong

We either live with intention or exist by default.

— Kristin Armstrong

Runners, by nature, are intentional people and normally pretty light on our feet.

— Kristin Armstrong

I want to be intentional about my freedom - in choosing it, honoring it, and protecting it. One of the best feelings…

— Kristin Armstrong

If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they…

— Kristin Armstrong

I love the thought of not knowing how things will turn out but the willingness to invest anyway.

— Kristin Armstrong

Cycling is such an endurance sport. I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties.

— Kristin Armstrong

I realize that I am typically vulnerable only when and where and how much it suits me. I can choose my writer…

— Kristin Armstrong

Circumstances in life often take us places that we never intended to go. We visit some places of beauty, others of pain…

— Kristin Armstrong

I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the…

— Kristin Armstrong

I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace.

— Kristin Armstrong

That's what our training is for, we practice not panicking, we practice breathing, we practice looking directly at the thing that scares…

— Kristin Armstrong

I was a runner and a soccer player living in Okinawa, Japan and I didn't have recruiters coming in to recruit me…

— Kristin Armstrong

Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise…

— Kristin Armstrong

I never imagined that divorce would be part of my life history or my family's legacy. When people say that divorce can…

— Kristin Armstrong

I became a lot more educated on this arthritis thing when I was diagnosed with it, but basically OA is a degenerative…

— Kristin Armstrong

Cycling is not impactful. Its just like when you are injured, have a knee surgery or something, there are so many things…

— Kristin Armstrong

There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind.…

— Kristin Armstrong

It's not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of…

— Kristin Armstrong

The way the Europeans work, most girls get paid by their federation; their country pays them. Essentially the federations say go represent…

— Kristin Armstrong

It truly is a little intimidating to go speak at a middle school. Sure, on one hand the kids are only around…

— Kristin Armstrong

If people are looking at me in my hometown, then every woman that races against me in the peloton is as well.…

— Kristin Armstrong

When I was a runner and competing in triathlons I was having pains in my hip and just treating it as an…

— Kristin Armstrong

As a nation, China, is one of the most powerful countries around and if anyone can make something happen, if anything is…

— Kristin Armstrong

As I get older I see that running has changed for me. What used to be about burning calories is now more…

— Kristin Armstrong

I love the sport, I haven't made millions off of it so maybe that's why I just feel like a normal person,…

— Kristin Armstrong

Without running, I would have missed the joy of rain. What could be considered an inconvenience or a bummer to the inexperienced…

— Kristin Armstrong

“A few months ago on a school morning, as I attempted to etch a straight midline part on the back of my…

— Kristin Armstrong

Learn to say no, so your yes has some oomph.

— Kristin Armstrong

I'm not the kind to go out and tell people 'Oh yeah I'm a gold medalist.'

— Kristin Armstrong

When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.

— Kristin Armstrong

When we focus on our pain, our ache deepens.

— Kristin Armstrong

We can thank God for everything good, and all the rest we don't comprehend yet.

— Kristin Armstrong

A run has never returned me exactly the same. I go, I grow.

— Kristin Armstrong

What I've learned over the last 6 or 7 years, I would love to teach people. I still have a lot to…

— Kristin Armstrong