Running the Edge Quotes

“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at. —Jesse Owens”
― Adam Goucher, Running the Edge: Discover the secrets to better running and a better life

“I think you are the most honest with yourself when you are on a run. The friends I have made through running know me so well. It is crazy the things I have shared with people while out on a run. Things I would never share just sitting around having a cup of coffee. But you are out on a run, and you are just so open. —Kara Goucher”
― Adam Goucher, Running the Edge: Discover the secrets to better running and a better life

“Running long and hard is an ideal antidepressant, since it's hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time. Also, there are those hours of clearheadedness that follow a long run. —Monte Davis”
― Adam Goucher, Running the Edge: Discover the secrets to better running and a better life

“Two inescapable facts greet us every day that we are lucky enough to wake up. First, someday we will die. And second, we are not dead yet.”
― Adam Goucher, Running the Edge: Discover the secrets to better running and a better life

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. —Josiah Charles Stamp”
― Adam Goucher, Running the Edge: Discover the secrets to better running and a better life

“Without initiative, or the capacity to act, to make things happen or just to do something, we run the risk of living passive lives waiting for things to happen. We wait for opportunities instead of making them. We wait for love, for our big break, for a problem to disappear. We are waiting for our lives to live us, instead of going out and living our lives with purpose and action.”
― Adam Goucher, Running the Edge: Discover the secrets to better running and a better life