I find significance in all kinds of small details when I run; I’m hyper aware of my surroundings, the sensations in my body, and the thoughts running through my mind. Everything is clearer, heightened. Kristin Armstrong Read Quote
We all have our ways of handling fear and managing trying; jumping in or climbing down, a direct approach or a delay, joyful or miserable, a spirit of adventure, or God help me, get this thing over with. Kristin Armstrong Read Quote
I think, as most of us do, I put such high expectations on myself that this spills over onto other people. And not everyone is wired this way. Some people can shrug expectations off their shoulders like a cardigan, remaining cool and breezy. Others wear them like a parka with a stuck zipper, hot and stifling. Kristin Armstrong Read Quote
As my children leave the protected parameters of the bay called childhood and enter the wavier seas of adolescence, I’m starting to get seasick. Kristin Armstrong Read Quote
I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace. Kristin Armstrong Read Quote
Runners and yogis are alike in lots of ways, and not just because some of us need yoga to unkink what running jams. Runners and yogis are also alike because of this tortoise shell idea, this ‘home’ we can access inside ourselves. Kristin Armstrong Read Quote
The things I write about are the things that I am passionate about, interested in, and fighting for in my life. Kristin Armstrong Read Quote
Whether I’m running, working, relating, parenting, learning – whatever I’m doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me. Kristin Armstrong Read Quote
