Out of Thin Air Quotes

“recaptured the sense of order that running had given me when I ran competitively as a junior athlete and rediscovered the pleasure of a simple thing done well every day. Back”
― Michael Crawley, Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia

“Running has an attraction much like that described by Roger Deakin in his book about wild swimming, in that it allows us to ‘regain a sense of what is old and wild’, to get off the beaten track and ‘break free of the official versions of things.”
― Michael Crawley, Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia

“Ethiopia appeals to me because here the runners believe that ‘mysterious incalculable forces’ have a huge part to play in their success.”
― Michael Crawley, Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia