“At first, I ran for my daughter, and I loved it. But after a while, I started running by myself as well…

I want everyone to know about the great health benefits of running, as long as you find the proper pace. I don’t want to encourage people with heart conditions to run - always get the go-ahead from your doctor first - but whatever you do, friends, stay active.”

- Michel R.
Via Running Room Magazine

"I really enjoy the multi-sport nature of adventure racing and the fact that all of your senses are involved."

- Gerry V.
Bettendorf, Iowa

Via Let's Move Quad Cities

"Why do I love it? For as many reasons as there are races. I love the clear-headed exhaustion that follows a hard run – body spent but mind miraculously clearer than the foggy-headed state I started in. I especially love the cake that follows those cross-country races. I love that running as much as I do means I can eat whatever I want – but that I don’t, because I won’t run as well if I eat nothing but cake.

I love the way runners always have excuses lined up in advance: I’m tired, I’ve not rested enough, I did a really long run yesterday, my hayfever is kicking in, I didn’t eat breakfast, my hamstring is ever so tight. Get out of jail free card thus waved, a bad race is explained, a good one is even better.
I love running because it is the most sociable of sports – anyone can do it, there are no barriers to entry, running clubs (particularly mine) are friendly and fun. Everyone has a tale to tell, a race story to unfold, advice to give. And because it is the most solitary. It’s your PB, you run for yourself, you run against yourself.
I love running at night, when the tunnel vision effect of seeing only the ground under your feet makes you feel like you are flying, even at a sedate pace. I love running across the common at twilight, when the rabbits dart out. I love being the mad person who runs in the midday sun in the hottest of heatwaves in the radiating heat of the tarmac road."

"I love that the human body is capable of such astonishing adaptations, that it can be pushed and pushed and still keep giving."

- Kate C.
Via Why I Love...Running