Marathon Quotes

You’ve climbed too many mountains and crossed too many rivers to stop and turn back now.

~ Eleanor Brownn

Building something that matters is a marathon, not a sprint.

~ Dragos Bratasanu

You thought it would break you in two, but it made you twice as strong.

~ Eleanor Brownn

The pain of running relieves the pain of living.

~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

This cyberwar will be a continuous marathon war that will only compound and hyper-evolve in stealth, sophistication and easy entry due to the accelerated evolution of “as a service” attack strategies for sale on the dark web.

~ James Scott

That was the funny thing. What happened to John would pass for his classmates, but for John it was a long challenging road ahead of him. Who knew where he would be sent, maybe a juvenile detention center? He might keep in touch with a few friends if his parents let him, but he would never return to Wakefield High. His peers had no clue the journey ahead of him, that his life was changed forever. And they had no idea what lay ahead for Lilly. No one knew she had been given a task by the Archangels to fight a war against pure evil. They had no idea that Lilly would spend most of her free time not training for a marathon, but training to kill demons. John and Lilly were not all too different.

~ Ellie Elisabeth

On the other side of that line was freedom—the kind of freedom that can never be taken away from you. It was freedom from our self-imposed limitations. Although through our training we have grown to believe that running 52 consecutive miles was possible, none of us really believed in our heart of hearts that it was probable. As individuals, each of us struggled with their own fear and self-doubt. But the moment we cross that finish line, we have given ourselves the gift of freedom from our fears, our self-doubt, and our self-imposed limitations.

~ Hal Elrod

Advice of all kinds from experienced marathoners can sweep you away. Your training, reading and racing will expand your network and everyone has a story – the best shoes, clothes, energy foods. Don’t second-guess yourself or your process. Be friendly, act on advice that feels right for you and leave the rest.

~ Gina Greenlee

Mind sees world from various perspectives when body does long-distance running.

~ Tumpal Sihombing

Small steps add up to complete big journeys.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

No drugs here, no manipulation of neurotransmitters that leaves our worldly problems unattended. And no talking cures because explicit insight is not needed. All that is required is courage: the courage to encounter discomfort and stay with it long enough to be changed by it, strengthened.

~ Jason Dias

I saw many people who begun their marathon races lately, but they eventually came up as top winners. I believe that your lateness does not account for your lastness. It's not too late for you to make a start... Begin it now! No further delays!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Big dreams are marathons. Passionate actions are marathons of marathons! Waiters don't deserve it, Quitters don't get it!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Like all living things, you were created for unlimited growth and possibilities. Keep growing. Keep changing. Be everything you were meant to be.

~ Eleanor Brownn

When you feel life's slow, run !

~ Tumpal Sihombing

Running strengthens self-motivation.

~ Tumpal Sihombing

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.

~ Bill Courtney

I was on a path, and I became determined to give it everything I had — no matter what.

~ Eleanor Brownn

The 6 months leading to an ultra marathon are crucial in how you will do, Vision and mission planning are as important in whatever.

~ Unarine Ramaru

The Existentially Preoccupied Long Distance RunnerSometimes I like to run so hard and for so longwith each mile I can feel the pain of my own awareness,my own heightened consciousness of what ails me,the ills of the world,the limitations of our existence,the losses we must endure,the superficial interactions.Sometimes I like to run so hard and for so longthat I can feel all of these feelings seep out of the pours of my own skin,the sweat cleansing my very being,my awareness of beauty heightened,the experience of joy possible,each mile, each minute, ridding me of these feelings,washing away the illusions,showing me the truth.Sometimes I like to run so hard and for so long…until finally I feel free…until finally I AM free…

~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

Running is an effort to escape from comfort zone.

~ Tumpal Sihombing

But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place, it means getting the best out of yourself.

~ Meb Keflezighi

When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.

~ Kathrine Switzer

And then there's the perverse joy of subtly working in references to marathon training in daily life, say at the post office or while waiting outside my first-graders' classrooms at the end of the school day.

~ Sarah Bowen Shea

You can alter mood by running.

~ Tumpal Sihombing

Body follows mind. If the mind compares itself to others this could lead to overtraining. Tune out what other runners do and how fast they run. Tune in, instead, to how your body wants to increase speed and distance.

~ Gina Greenlee

It had been said that the marathon doesn't really begin until mile twenty. I say mile twenty-six would be more appropriate. The final two-tenths of a mile is filled with emotion. No matter how desperately you're struggling at this point, thoughts typically drift away from the immediate task at hand (ie, survival) to broader feelings.

~ Dean Karnazes

In an era when man can no longer dash out of his cave and slay a mammoth, he simply slips on his Lycra and goes for a run.

~ Phil Hewitt

Success breeds success on a marathon route. If you can prove to yourself that you are doing well, then invariably you will do even better.

~ Phil Hewitt

Friedrich Nietzsche got pretty hung up on the notion of human will; really all he needed were some running shoes, Lycra and a place in the Berlin Marathon.

~ Phil Hewitt

Remember, it’s the pace that kills, never the distance.

~ Bill Jones

When you undertake a daunting task, an adventure bigger than you ever thought you'd take on, you don't get to know what challenges the universe will present to you on the way. You can decide where you will go and how much money you'll spend and what your activities will be, but there will always be something unexpected, a hurdle of sorts, that offers you an opportunity to learn something about yourself if you take it in stride.

~ Cami Ostman

Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

~ Hal Higdon

Opportunity to suspend disbelief is often why we watch movies. The stories and images touch us and shift perspectives in ways we may not allow in our daily lives. As readily as you check your “this isn’t real” attitude at the ticket counter – when transformers are defending earth against aliens and 21st century vampires frolic by daylight – on the big screen of your heart and mind train for, run and celebrate finishing your first marathon.

~ Gina Greenlee

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two brothers who carried out the marathon bombing, was a non-practicing Muslim who only became an Islamist militant once his dreams of becoming an Olympic boxer faded. At the time of the attack, he was unemployed.

~ Peter L. Bergen

I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning.

~ Quentin Tarantino

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.

~ Haile Gebrselassie

The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards.

~ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail.

~ Joe Henderson