Quotes by Matthew Inman, The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances

“They say you should treat your body like a temple. I treat mine like a fast-moving dumpster.”

“Running a race assigns a point to a sport that often feels very pointless. It's an exuberant payoff to months of tedium. It's a way of crafting an end boss for a particularly cumbersome video game....”