Creatures Quote by Noel Carroll

“Know why people run marathons? Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space…

— Christopher McDougall

Know why people run marathons? …Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space…

— Christopher McDougall

The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the…

— George A. Sheehan

Running a marathon is a stressful event for your body, mind and spirit. But when you put yourself through that willingly, consciously and in…

— Milind Soman

“…sense of futility that comes from doing anything merely to prove to yourself that you can do it: having a child, climbing a mountain,…

— Jean Baudrillard

“I’m convinced that a lot of people run ultramarathons for the same reason they take mood-altering drugs. I don’t mean to minimize the gifts…

— Scott Jurek

There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end…

— Don Kardong

“I'm convinced that a lot of people run ultramarathons for the same reason they take mood-altering drugs. I don't mean to minimize the gifts…

— Scott Jurek

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I…

— George A. Sheehan

Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living as Running…

— Christopher McDougall

“Perhaps it is to fulfill this primal urge that runners and joggers get up every morning and pound the streets in cities all over…

— Adharanand Finn

We runners talk about having fun but I don't think anybody believes us. We talk about discipline and endurance, we take care, we exercise…

— Peter Sagal