❝So I did what I always do — I went for a run […]. Out there on trail in the dark (it’s rifle deer season here) the grandiosity of it faded into the rough-but-lovely reality of all the miles of grinding between here and there. —Jeff Calvert rushofitall.substack.com/p/nibbled-by-d… #hardrock100

❝Living adventurously became my guiding principle, but I recognized the need to balance it with purpose. […] By focusing on my local map, I realized that fixing our immediate surroundings could lead to broader positive change. —Alastair Humphreys alastairhumphreys.com/10500-days-of-…

❝All you can see is the distant horizon and all you know is to move toward it. You no longer have a past or future. You’re just… here… now… in the worst place you’ve ever experienced. […] So why did I feel so alive? Because I was present. —Jill Homer jilloutside.substack.com/p/the-futility…

❝This ability to evaluate the intense physicality of #running is what I refer to in my research as learning to become a connoisseur of your physically active body. —Dr John Day runbundle.com/articles/runni…

❝No, it was no big shaker, owt like that, you know. It’s one of them things that, you know, you has to do, and you go along, and you do your best, and you don’t tell anybody about these things unless they want to know. —Joss Naylor theguardian.com/sport/ng-inter… #running #fellrunning

❝HIIT training sessions are like a magnifying glass […]. [T]he mind and body ‘conversation’ (famously summarized as ‘shut up legs’ by former professional cyclist Jens Vogt) becomes increasingly heated during #HIIT. —Stephen Seiler cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.11… #running #training

❝The way of the #marathon. Run 100 miles a week for three months and, if you have a bad day on race day, you have nothing to show for it. Except, of course, I have so much to show for it. —Russell Bentley russellrunner.com/valencia-marat… #running

❝You don’t have to become some kind of meathead gym bro for identity to fuel your exercise motivation. Identity is not ego […]. Instead, we’re looking for ways that exercise can naturally integrate with who you are. —Meredith Sell open.substack.com/pub/womensbarb…

❝You should work on yourself. You should learn about yourself. You should understand yourself. Because no matter what goals you set you’re always going to bring you along for the ride. —@cyktrussell runrunlive.com/new-year-new-g… #running #trailrunning #ultrarunning

❝Motivation passes with the wind. Discipline is important but not as universally reliable as the ascetics would have us believe. What can we count on, then, if not motivation and discipline? Environment. —Robert Wilson open.substack.com/pub/checkengin…

❝If you aren’t eating enough calories, it doesn’t matter how many antioxidants you eat or how carefully you choose ingredients you can pronounce […]. —Alyssa Leib news.ultrasignup.com/new-years-reso… #running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #nutrition

❝The confidence, the empowerment, and all of that stuff comes in the process and not the result […]. —Allie Bailey/Will Roberts substack.com/@willrobertswr… #TheSpineRace is just around the corner. #running #trailrunning #ultrarunning

❝So getting into the sport as a newer runner, I assumed that there were tons of women #running, you know, I’m like, we’re so good at this. […] So I’d assume it’s at least a 50/50 gender ratio, probably at all of the races. —Rachel Bambrick/Adam F Lee open.substack.com/pub/communityt…

❝It’s interesting that this decrease in performance [after limiting post-training #carbohydrate consumption] occurred even though the participants’ muscle glycogen levels were the same as before the first day. —Daniel Rowland open.substack.com/pub/dwrowland/… #running

❝Effort without direction or strategy can lead to burnout or wasted potential, while focused effort—guided by skill, intention, and adaptability—can produce better outcomes and more meaningful progress in general. —Mario Fraioli theamshakeout.kit.com/posts/the-morn… #running #ultrarunning