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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki MurakamiOriginal title 走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること (Japanese, 2007)

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a memoir by Haruki Murakami in which he writes about his interest and participation in long-distance running. The book is translated by Philip Gabriel. Murakami started running in the early 1980s and since then has competed in over twenty marathons and an ultramarathon.


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“If you're young and talented, it's like you have wings.”

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“The only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”

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“You have to wait until tomorrow to find out what tomorrow will bring.”

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“In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain.”

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“I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.”

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“I'm the kind of person who has to totally commit to whatever I do.”

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“…. solitude is, more or less, an inevitable consequence.”

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