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Ultramarathon Runner Inspirational Quotes (85)

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I think planning to be a professional adventurer is about as realistic as planning to be a basketball player, so I don't usually encourage it.
Andrew Skurka
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Buy your freedom. Work really hard when you're young, save every penny, make a lot of money, and retire at 40, or 30 if you get lucky.
Andrew Skurka
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Mobile communications have two functions: as a safety net, and as a marketing tool. I think it'd be foolish to not carry one for safety sake. Using one for marketing is an optional activity, and I've generally stayed away from extensively using one for this purpose because it's a distraction.
Andrew Skurka
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I'm focused on doing what makes me happiest and on how I can make real improvements and contributions to my immediate niche, i.e. my family, friends, and local community.
Andrew Skurka
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My pride and identity is wrapped up in my big trips. But I can't always be on one - I need to plan them and fund them, and I want some semblance of a normal life too.
Andrew Skurka
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I would describe myself as a budding adventurer. I've transitioned away from being a straight-up backpacker, but I think I need another trip or two to get the adventurer degree.
Andrew Skurka
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I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary.
Dean Karnazes
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Start slow and taper off.
Walt Stack
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I love surfing, rock climbing, cycling - all that stuff. But it's just amazing that I can inspire people with my running. It's humbling, really.
Dean Karnazes
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Injuries are our best teachers.
Scott Jurek
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Even if you're inches away from the finish, never take success for granted.
Dean Karnazes
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Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.
David Goggins
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Without patience, you will never conquer endurance.
Yiannis Kouros
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Like a tree that grows stronger with more branches and roots, you need to find more and more ways to be inspired.
Yiannis Kouros
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Running is not just a sport but a biological necessity.
Yiannis Kouros
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I started running ultras to become a better person.
Jenn Shelton
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I love to run and I have some tips to keep it fresh and novel. I rarely use the same route twice. That keeps things new.
Dean Karnazes
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Sex the night before a race is only tiring if you have to go looking for it!
Bruce Fordyce
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There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.
Dean Karnazes
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For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end running doesn't.
Dean Karnazes
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The smaller trips are useful in between the big trips: they help me gain new skills and experiences, they solve a perpetual case of cabin fever, and they are accommodating to an ambitious public speaking schedule and to some private guiding.
Andrew Skurka
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How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line.
Dean Karnazes
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We move forward, but we must stay in the present.
Scott Jurek
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If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you'll catch them.
Dean Karnazes
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