Jane McGonigal Quotes

By running the N.Y.C. Marathon in 2008, I became a runner and I think that's what works the best for me and keeps my body the way I like it to be.

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner.

I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.

Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.

I walk every day, and I run and do all kinds of that.

I used to run a lot in school.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

I can run a good few miles. I box a little.

I consider a day without running a crappy day.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

I lift weights four times a week, usually run five days a week.

I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.

Yes, my dad's a marathoner. He used to do sprint distances and then started marathoning. My mom is an endurance animal. She does three-day events like the Susan G. Komen three-day walk.

I dream about running all the time.

Marathons are good training goals.

I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.

My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six or seven miles.

Competing helps me to polish my shape.

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.

Running was the first thing I discovered that I was any good at.

In high school, I did a little track and field and ran on my own. In college, I would run every now and again, but I didn't have enough time to be devoted to it.

I trained for the marathon. I run along the East River, and I used to run all the way down Manhattan, up the West Side and back home.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.