"Runner's logic: I'm tired. Let me go for a run."
Unknown
“I would sooner be prime minister of the moon than run another marathon. I’ve been really lucky. I didn’t have any toenails fall off or anything disgusting like that. I still have all three nipples.”
– Ryan Reynolds, actor
"No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success. Although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes."
Don Kardong
“Oh yes I will work out today. I will work out a way to avoid running for a stupid cause.”
Stanley from The Office
"Start slow, then taper off."
Walt Stack
"I don't believe in jogging. It extending your life, but by about the same amount of time you spend jogging."
Marshall Brickman
"There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put one’s house keys."
Gabrielle Zevin
“I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty.” – Wendy Liebman
“Running: Cheaper than therapy.”
-seen on runner’s T-shirt
"Run like hell and get the agony over with."
Clarence DeMar
"Your sweat is your fat crying. Keep it up."
From a runner's T-shirt
"If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want. Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway."
Don Kardong
"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it."
Brooks Johnson
"Remember, the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe is choosing the left one."
Unknown
"The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far to walk back."
Franklin Jones
"If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry, you will get over it."
Gene Thibeault
“Don’t be a jogger, they’re the one’s who find dead bodies.” – Amanda Brooks
"Jogging is for people who aren't intelligent enough to watch television."
Victoria Wood
"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass."
Martin Mull
"Slow runners make fast runners look good. Thank you."
From the back of a T-shirt
"I don't think jogging is healthy, especially morning jogging. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups."
Rita Rudner
"Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas."
Esa Tikkannen
"Running won't solve all your problems. But then again, neither will housework."
Unknown
"Life is short. Running makes it seem longer."
Baron Hansen
"If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal."
Rob de Castella
"Good things come slow. Especially in distance running."
Bill Dellinger
"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
Erma Bombeck
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."
William James
"Run like you stole something."
Unknown
Step one to running a marathon: You run. There is no step two.
-Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
"Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet."
Unknown
“Marathoners: Life is too easy. I must find a way to make it much much harder.”
-Glennon Doyle, best-selling author
"If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken him completely by surprise."
P.Z. Pearce
"Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed."
Charles Schulz
“Running a marathon takes balls, other sports just play with them.” – Unknown
"Act like a horse. Be dumb. Just run."
Jumbo Elliot
"Run like there's a hot guy in front of you and a creepy one behind you."
Unknown
"How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you."
Jimmy Fallon
"It's a hill. Get over it."
From a runner's T-shirt
"I believe that the good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
Neil Armstrong
"Running makes me feel less like I want to kill people."
From a runner's T-shirt
"It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street, my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him."
Mike Royko
"Run. Because zombies will eat the untrained ones first."
From the Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide
"If found on ground, please drag to finish line."
From a runner's T-shirt
"I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty."
Wendy Liebman
"I run so my goals in life will continue to get bigger instead of my belly."
Bill Kirby
"I love running cross country. On a track, I feel like a hamster."
Robin Williams
"If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill."
Marty Stern
"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."
From an Adidas ad
"A good run is like a cup of coffee. I'm much nicer after I've had one."
Unknown