The injured runner is like a recent amputee victim, continually forgetting that the limb isn't there, crestfallen at each realization. What we need m…

- Lauren Fleshman

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

- Lauren Fleshman

Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.

- Lauren Fleshman

My sport has transformed my body to be powerful for a specific task over years of training and competition. The more tuned for competition I am, the …

- Lauren Fleshman

Running is not who I am; it's something I do; it's something I love.

- Lauren Fleshman

Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds …

- Lauren Fleshman

When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.

- Lauren Fleshman

I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to d…

- Lauren Fleshman

By lifting each other up we lift ourselves up

- Lauren Fleshman