Why Running Matters Quotes

“What would the world be like today if Tim Berners-Lee had never developed the World Wide Web? Or Alexander Fleming had never discovered penicillin and Frank Colton had not developed the oral contraceptive pill?”
― Ian Mortimer, Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration – From 5K to the Marathon

“Running might be hard work physically but, mentally, it is the ultimate escape from pressure.”
― Ian Mortimer, Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration – From 5K to the Marathon

“If you want the world to be composed of rare and unique things, then that is exactly how it is. You just have to make the effort to see it that way.”
― Ian Mortimer, Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration – From 5K to the Marathon

“Nikos Kazantzakis put it in Zorba the Greek, 'Leave nothing for death but a burned-out castle.' Why leave your wine cellar stocked with your finest vintages? Why leave any books unwritten, any songs unsung, any sweetness untasted? Leave no race unrun! The man or woman who comes last in a race is at least beating those who do not take part. He or she is at least beating death.”
― Ian Mortimer, Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration – From 5K to the Marathon

“First you run for fitness. Next you run for speed. Then you run for meaning.”
― Ian Mortimer, Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration – From 5K to the Marathon