So Many Olympic Exertions Quotes

“Athena thinks she is exceptional at suffering, but actually the only thing she is really good at is procrastinating.”
― Anelise Chen, So Many Olympic Exertions

“I would rather be unhappy than be the kind of person who keeps an exercise journal.”
― Anelise Chen, So Many Olympic Exertions

“The runner is thinking of home. He thinks of the start of his favorite training run–the fartlek–two minutes on, one minute off. The mass of runners push and weave between each other like people funneling into the closing doors of a train. Towards the finish, he is usually the only person running, and there is nothing ahead of him but road, and it feels a little like communicating with God.”
― Anelise Chen, So Many Olympic Exertions