Running · Philosophy · Endurance
Run far.
Think deep.
Live well.
Exploring what ancient Stoic philosophy reveals about distance running — and what running reveals about how to live.
Running · Philosophy · Endurance
Exploring what ancient Stoic philosophy reveals about distance running — and what running reveals about how to live.
The Book
A philosophical inquiry into endurance running through the lens of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus.
Get early accessThere is a word the Stoics used that has no clean translation into modern language. Sympatheia. Sometimes rendered as sympathy, but that misses it. Sometimes as interconnectedness, but…
Stoic principleThere is a practice so counterintuitive that most people, when they first hear it, assume it must be…
Stoic principleThere is a practice the Stoics recommended that would, by modern standards, be considered deeply morbid. Before sleeping,…
Stoic principleThere is a Latin phrase that has followed me for years, through good training blocks and bad ones,…
Stoic principleThere is a moment in every long race — and if you've run enough of them, you know…
About
I am Ole Thorning Jacobsen — a Danish journalist, long distance runner, and a student of Stoic philosophy. I have been running at 5 AM since long before it became a trend, and I have been asking why ever since.
Based in Roskilde, Denmark. Training in any weather.