Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

by Dean Karnazes

If it comes easy, if it doesn’t require extraordinary effort, you’re not pushing hard enough: It’s supposed to hurt like hell.

If I'm in a race that's what races are for, but for my daily 10k, I'm not bothering to exhale my lungs out

If you had the courage, stamina, and persistence to cross the finish line, you were a champion.

Don’t get distracted by those other guys. You’re not competing against anyone but yourself.

“Pain is the body’s way of ridding itself of weakness.”

Dostoyevsky had it right: “Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.” Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is magic in misery.

I run because it keeps me humble.