"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."
From an Adidas ad
"Remember, the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe is choosing the left one."
Unknown
"If the hill has its own name, then it's probably a pretty tough hill."
Marty Stern
"If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry, you will get over it."
Gene Thibeault
"Run. Because zombies will eat the untrained ones first."
From the Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide
"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
"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
Step one to running a marathon: You run. There is no step two.
-Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
Erma Bombeck
"Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas."
Esa Tikkannen
"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
"Start slow, then taper off."
Walt Stack
"It's a hill. Get over it."
From a runner's T-shirt
"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
"Run like you stole something."
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
"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