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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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11 years, 2 months ago at Feb 14 6:26
Quite an inspiring book, I would say. Pain in inevitable but suffering is optional. When you run for a long distance, it's inevitable that you would feel pain but it's totally on you if you want to carry it any longer and suffer more or not. So, once again, I would say, "Pain is "inevitable but suffering is optional". This is one of the most important thing I learnt from this book.
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Manufacturer: Knopf
Release date: 29 July 2008
ISBN-10 : 0307269191 | ISBN-13: 9780307269195
Tags: Memoir (1), Inspiring (1), Running (1), 2008 (1), Marathon (1)
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" So the fact that Iโ€™m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent. Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds true with me. The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school. Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a perso"


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