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One run can change your day, many runs can change your life.
What seems hard now will one day be your warm-up
You didn’t get this far to only go this far.
Go as long as you can, and then take another step
I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.
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I breathe in strength and breathe out weakness
That’s the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life is
Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.
A 12 minute mile is just as far as a 6 minute mile
Our running shoes have magic in them. The power to transform a bad day into a good day; frustration into speed; self-doubt into confidence; chocolate cake into muscles.
In running, it doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, ‘I have finished.’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that
As a runner, you have to face the truth about yourself on a regular basis, and it makes you more honest. You can’t pretend to be faster than you are. You can’t pretend that you are better prepared than you are. You cannot pretend to be a runner; you actually have to run
It doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, ‘I have finished.’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that
Every run is a work of art, a drawing on each day’s canvas. Some runs are shouts and some runs are whispers. Some runs are eulogies and others celebrations.
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.
Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable
The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.
I often hear someone say, ‘I’m not a real runner.’ We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner.
Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running
When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting
There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further yet, and what you have before you, laid bare, is the soul.
I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run…to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it
Take control of your workout and make the decision to succeed.
Good health, peace of mind, being outdoors, camaraderie: those are all wonderful things that come to you when running. But for me, the real pull of running—the proverbial icing on the cake—has always been racing.
There will come a day when I can no longer run. Today is not that day.
I’m often asked what I think about as I run. Usually, the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I’m running? I don’t have a clue.
Remember, the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit
Whether a mile or a marathon, you get there the same way… one step at a time. Such is life
Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished.
Someone who is busier than you is running right now.
In running, every step you make and every push forward changes you—it transforms you into a different person. Every single run adds something to you and then it also takes something away. You are not the same person you were at the starting line and by the time you cross the finish line, your inner self has been reinvented and reimagined
Most of us have enough areas of our lives where we have to meet others’ expectations. Let your running be about your own hopes and dreams.
I always run without music. Being disconnected is what I’m addicted to more than anything. There aren’t many places where you can be without your phone and computer. I’ve started to crave and enjoy that time alone.
The benefits and opportunities of running are available to anyone. You don’t have to be born a natural athlete, and you don’t have to be uniquely gifted. A life-shaping experience is there for the taking, waiting right outside your door
I also realize that winning doesn’t always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself.
Running is alone time that lets my brain unspool the tangles that build up over days. I run, pound it out on the pavement, channel that energy into my legs, and when I’m done with my run, I’m done with it.
Just because your muscles start to protest doesn’t mean you have to listen.
The more I run, the more I love my body. Not because it’s perfect, far from it, but because with every mile it is proving to me that I am capable of more than I ever thought possible
I really love going places without a map. When I went running in Paris, I headed for a monument or a statue that I could see off in the distance. To get back where I started, I simply used the GPS on my phone.
We are designed to run, and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.
Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.
We run to undo the damage we’ve done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.
Never limit where running can take you. I mean that geographically, spiritually, and of course, physically.”
Running is the quickest endorphin hit I can get. I like to do it really early in the morning, before everyone gets up. It gives me a clear head and sort of resets the clock. It’s like, ‘OK, I got that out of the way. Now I can deal with people.
It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit
Everyone in life is looking for a certain rush. Racing is where I get mine.
The trouble with jogging is that by the time you realize you’re not in shape for it, it’s too far to walk back.
The Hopis consider running a form of prayer; they offer every step as a sacrifice to a loved one, and in return ask the Great Spirit to match their strength with some of his own.
No matter how slow you go you are still lapping everyone on the couch.
There’s a great empowerment that I get from running, not only from the endorphins . . . Being a runner, to me, has made being depressed impossible. If ever I’m going through something emotional and just go outside for a run, you can rest assured that I’ll come back with clarity and empowerment.
I run because it’s so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can’t. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you’re capable of so much more than you thought.
I’m always nervous. If I wasn’t nervous, it would be weird. I get the same feeling at all the big races. It’s part of the routine, and I accept it. It means I’m there and I’m ready
I run because it always takes me where I want to go.
Your mind will quit a thousand times before your body will. Feel the fear and do it anyway!
Don’t compare your chapter one with someone else’s chapter six.
Exercise is like meditation for me. And I’m giving myself that time . . . I cannot live without it now. When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day
My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.
There are many challenges to long distance running, but one of the greatest is the question of where to put one’s house keys.
I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit the trails, put one foot in front of the other, and come to the same conclusion I did: I run because it always takes me where I want to go.
I like what it does for my mind. If I’ve had a bad day, if I’m feeling stressed out, if I’m feeling overwhelmed — it takes it all away. It’s my antidote for everything. If I feel any sort of emotional upheaval, I go for a jog and I feel better.
Fast running isn’t forced. You have to relax and let the run come out of you.
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: ‘Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you’ll win.
If you feel bad at 10 miles, you’re in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you’re normal. If you don’t feel bad at 26 miles, you’re abnormal.
Good things come slow, especially in distance running.
Working out] really did make me feel better and kind of saved me. It gave me a bit of sanity . . . I’m serious about my exercise. I don’t just doodle around. I see people at the gym talking on their cell phones. If they think their bodies are really going to change . . . I mean, you’ve got to put in the effort!
What I’ve learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you’re hurting like crazy and you want to give up. … Success is often just around the corner.
I love controlling a race, chewing up an opponent. Let’s get down and dirty. Let’s fight it out. It’s raw, animalistic, with no one to rely on but yourself. There’s no better feeling than that.
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Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
I always tell my athletes, don’t confuse difficulty with failure.
It gave me a natural endorphin high, but it also helped me sleep, so it was perfect. It’s easy to understand how people replace addiction with exercise
We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass
I’m going to work so that it’s a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.
The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will never be a time when the human spirit will not be able to better existing records
It makes me feel like I can conquer anything that comes at me. I’m never tapped out. I’m never tired around my two kids. I owe a lot of that to running
You are truly your own hero in running. It is up to you to have the responsibility and self–discipline to get the job done
Let’s just say it and be done with it. Racing hurts. But here’s another truth: having put in the effort to prepare for a race and then not giving it your all hurts even more. The first kind of hurt goes away in hours or a day. The second kind of hurt can last a lifetime.
A year from now you will wish you had started today
The voice in your head that says that you can’t do this is a liar.
I woke up on my birthday and said, ‘I want to run 10 miles.’ I just wanted to see if I could run double-digit mileage.
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
It started to become what I looked forward to most; it was the only time I got to be in my own head.
Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage, and feel good
There’s not one body type that equates to success. Accept the body you have and be the best you can be with it
It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination.
Be confident in the work you did to prepare for the race. Take a look back at your training logs to remind yourself that you’ve done everything possible to prepare. The race is the fun part where you get to see the hard work pay off. Enjoy it
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