Barriers Quote by Dean Karnazes

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. —T. S. Eliot”

— Dean Karnazes

Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness.

— Dean Karnazes

If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you'll catch them.

— Dean Karnazes

I am always nervous before the start of a race. It helps me to say to myself to try my very best. That is…

— Dean Karnazes

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…

— Dean Karnazes

Unlike running on a road or concrete, natural surfaces are more forgiving and offer a more varied terrain, ultimately resulting in less repetitive micro-trauma…

— Dean Karnazes

I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go run it.

— Dean Karnazes

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

— Dean Karnazes

If it felt good, you didn't push hard enough. It's supposed to hurt like hell.

— Dean Karnazes

If someone had said to me before I started doing this that a human being is capable of running 100 miles nonstop, I would…

— Dean Karnazes

The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.

— Dean Karnazes

I eat nothing that's processed or refined - no high-fructose corn syrup, no sugar, no trans-fats. I eat a lot of fish and monounsaturated…

— Dean Karnazes