Listen to everyone, follow no one.

Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself.

Runners are competitive folks. I think some might feel slighted they haven't got more recognition. I think they have a point. In running, you won't necessarily get noticed just for turning in good performances.

If someone had said to me before I started doing this that a human being is capable of running 100 miles nonstop, I would have just said: 'No way. I mean, how?' If you just go out there and run 100 miles, it breaks down a lot of barriers in terms of self-imposed limitations.

I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary.

For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.

Listen to everyone, follow no one.