Step one to running a marathon: You run. There is no step two.
-Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
"Remember, the second most important thing to choosing the right shoe is choosing the left one."
Unknown
"I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty."
Wendy Liebman
"How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you."
Jimmy Fallon
“Oh yes I will work out today. I will work out a way to avoid running for a stupid cause.”
Stanley from The Office
"Life is short. Running makes it seem longer."
Baron Hansen
“Marathoners: Life is too easy. I must find a way to make it much much harder.”
-Glennon Doyle, best-selling author
"If found on ground, please drag to finish line."
From a runner's T-shirt
"It's a hill. Get over it."
From a runner's T-shirt
"Start slow, then taper off."
Walt Stack
"There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put one’s house keys."
Gabrielle Zevin
"Slow runners make fast runners look good. Thank you."
From the back of a T-shirt
"It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it."
Brooks Johnson
"Run like hell and get the agony over with."
Clarence DeMar
"It's unnatural for people to run around the city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street, my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him."
Mike Royko
"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
Erma Bombeck
"Good things come slow. Especially in distance running."
Bill Dellinger
“I go running when I have to. Like when the ice cream truck is doing sixty.” – Wendy Liebman
"It's rude to count people as you pass them. Out loud."
From an Adidas ad
“Running a marathon takes balls, other sports just play with them.” – Unknown