Running Therapy Quotes

Some days if I am not feeling great or I feel a bit down or anxious, I just go for a run and I instantly feel better. Despite all the technology we use in training these days, it remains an amazingly simple way to energise your mind.

Running cleared the day's cobwebs from my mind and focused my thinking, and gave me time and space to sort out anything that was bothering me, or to detach and think of nothing at all. When it's pouring rain and you're bowling along through the wet, there's satisfaction in knowing you're out there and the others aren't.

To me, running is therapy. It's mood-altering and gets my endorphins going. It's also a great release and a great energy builder.

Running is my solo time; working my muscles outside in fresh air is therapeutic.

Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

My ex would know not to talk to me until I came back from running. I'd always be in a better place.

I started running around my 30th birthday. I wanted to lose weight; I didn't anticipate the serenity. Being in motion, suddenly my body was busy and so my head could work out some issues I had swept under a carpet of wine and cheese. Good therapy, that's a good run.

We run to undo the damage we've done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.

Running is very therapeutic for me. I tend to have a louder brain, so when my mind is moving, I go for a run. It's very calming.

My running was very simple; it was out of myself.

We're all unlucky in love sometimes. When I am, I go jogging. The body loses water when you jog, so you have none left for tears.