Running has always been a relief and a sanctuary—something that makes me feel good, both physically and mentally. The best thing about running is the joy it brings to life.
Kara Goucher
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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RUNNER12COM
Posts: 5,412 2/14/13 3:25 P
"My sport is your sport's punishment." _______
Ha. This one is perfect!
LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 12/6/12 12:42 P
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
Chinese Proverb
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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-REGINA-
Posts: 13 12/5/12 7:37 A
"There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open." -Nike
"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was your evening?" -Unknown
CASECK25
Posts: 186 11/25/12 10:04 P
This is a funny quote I saw on a running t-shirt site:
My sport is your sport's punishment.
;p
LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 11/15/12 12:31 P
Be positive, ignore the critic, follow your heart, invest in your passions, believe in your dreams & get busy making them reality.
Josh Cox, U.S. 50-K record holder
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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AURORAMILLET
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" Run, Run, Run-- your pants are undone"
Believe in what you are doing, let nothing stand in your way and make the impossible a reality.
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LINDAKAY228
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"The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other but to be with each other." Christopher McDougall, "Born to Run"
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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AURORAMILLET
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" Goo, its what's for breakfast."
Believe in what you are doing, let nothing stand in your way and make the impossible a reality.
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LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 11/6/12 5:06 P
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."
Christopher Columbus
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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RUNNER12COM
Posts: 5,412 11/5/12 2:23 P
Aurora, that is one of my favorites!
AURORAMILLET
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" The miracle isn't that you finished, the miracle is that you had the courage to start"
Believe in what you are doing, let nothing stand in your way and make the impossible a reality.
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LINDAKAY228
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"No matter our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. "
Dale Turner
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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ROCKETGIRL229
Posts: 260 10/7/12 2:03 A
"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." -Oprah Winfrey
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RUNNER12COM
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"I run because I love to eat."
Me, reminding myself each day that I need to run
LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 9/13/12 6:23 P
I guess that is true that no one every drowned in sweat LOL! I like that one!
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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CHRISKELLEYUSA
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"No one ever drowned in sweat." -Author Unknown
LIFEISPURRFECT
Posts: 343 8/6/12 8:44 P
Here's a quote that comes to mind when I'm nearing the end of a long run and feel like I can't go anymore: "It's not about how far you have to go, it's about how far you have come"
Susan
"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run." - John Bingham
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LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 6/26/12 2:54 P
Oh that one is so true!!! All the time making excuses I could have advanced so much more!
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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ACICEDA
Posts: 534 6/26/12 12:22 P
Inspirational running ad that I saw in a magazine once (yes it's paraphrased a bit):
If you had just started running when you started making excuses not to run you would be finished already.
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LDRICHEL
Posts: 1,692 5/16/12 5:43 P
"That's what running does to lives. It's not just exercise. It's not just achievement. It's a daily discipline that has nothing to do with speed, weight, social status, sexual orientation, political affiliation, where you live, what car you drive, or whether anyone anywhere loves you. It's about the slow and painful process of being the best you can be." - Martin Dugard
"I run because I can. When I get tired, I remember those who can't run, what they'd give to have this simple gift I take for granted, and I run harder for them. I know they would do the same for me."
Stepping outside the comfort zone is the price I pay to find out how good I can be. If I planned on backing off every time running got difficult I would hang up my shoes and take up knitting.
Desiree Davila
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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PORGY_58
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"You can't run a mile without taking that first step."
Porgy aka the Duck!
"Motivate to be Motivated!"
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Posts: 13,559 4/26/12 8:10 A
"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."
Arthur Blank, Co-founder of The Home Depot
C0-Team leader of Change is Good and Half Marathon Team, Support panel of The Best Life Diet
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LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 4/18/12 10:52 A
Thanks for the link to the site. It is interesting and I will be checking back there!
Here is today's Runner's World quote which I really liked
There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.
Bear Grylls, Adventurer and host of Man vs. Wild
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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VISHYT
Posts: 94 4/17/12 11:41 P
Have you guys seen this site: http://believe-toachieve.tumblr.com/ ? I always check it out for my running inspiration. One of my fave quotes so far: If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you.
Dance like it hurts, Love like you need money, Work when people are watching. - Scott Adams
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ARGYLE-RUNNER
Posts: 2,188 4/9/12 10:24 A
this isn't a specific running quote, but I am using it as my current inspiration - and some days it gets me running when nothing else can:
"Life is a whole journey of meeting your edge again and again. That's where you're challenged." - Pema Chödrön
※ Katie ※ ...(MST)...
Life is a whole journey of meeting your edge again and again. That's where you're challenged. - Pema Chödrön
You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew. - Albert Einstein
I saw this on a poster at work... It was a picture of someones foot running in a mud puddle... the quote was.. "Because I am loving every horrible minute of it"
Eastern Time Zone
Spring to Summer 5% Challenge - Cloverleaf
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
It's not what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's how you REACT to the "what doesn't kill you" that makes you stronger.
~Me~ Brenda~
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KARENBROWN6
Posts: 400 4/4/12 7:24 A
I'm loving these quotes. I've copied my favourite into my running diary.
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t
LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 3/22/12 11:21 A
I hadn't realized that Runner's World had a daily runner's quote e-mail until I saw it mentioned here I think. I get other e-mails from them so I signed up this morning. Looking forward to a daily running quote.
"Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running." Amby Burfoot, Editor at Large, Runner's World
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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DORAL33178
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I saw this on a bumper sticker yesterday....."Running is cheaper than therapy"
My six year old is on the autism spectrum...some days I just need to run
Edited by: DORAL33178 at: 3/21/2012 (00:17)
Daphne
You must be careful how you walk and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set. -Robert E. Lee
Leader of Spark Miami Co leader of HS Class of '89
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.~Confucius
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LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 2/13/12 12:17 P
I love that quote too!
I heard this one on a rerun of the Biggest Loser from a few seasons ago I was watching last night and it really stuck with me. One of the husband's message to his wife who was a contestant.
Pain is temporary, pride is forever!
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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JECKIE
Posts: 8,053 2/12/12 10:32 A
I love that quote!
Jeckie (aka. Sarah) - Lowell, MA - EST Half Fanatic #3032
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-- We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. ~Ben Sweetland
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I don't know why this one always stuck with me, but it has. I first heard it when trying out for the boys lacrosse team in high school. I didn't make the team, but man, I will always remember how hard I pushed myself during the conditioning leading up to tryouts.
“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”
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LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 2/6/12 11:07 A
They are great! I have to look for some more. I wish others would also keep this thread going because I really enjoy it!
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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MARATHONDAD
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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Ryun
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 11/17/11 9:41 A
"Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, like the muscles of the body." - Lynn Jennings
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 11/15/11 2:49 P
I love these too. I see a quote in a book or magazine I'm reading and intend to write it down to post but get sidetracked. There are so many awesome runner quotes out there.
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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CHATELAINE19
Posts: 1,219 11/15/11 10:55 A
Loving these quotes...
~Roxanne
F.E.A.R. "Forget Everything And Run"
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Runners just do it - they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first. ~Author Unknown
"Forget regret,or life is yours to miss. No other path, no other way, no day but today.” ~ Johnathan Larson, Rent
Co-Leader, Central Ma Sparkers
LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 11/12/11 5:16 P
Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. Oprah Winfrey
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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FREEDOMSTAR
Posts: 13,559 11/11/11 7:32 P
"Running can open so many doors; improved health, new social groups, a sense of accomplishment, the list goes on. What I have found is that the key to success is consistency. Just get out there and run, and in no time you will be doing things that you never thought possible."
Douglas d'Adabie, Runner's World Challenger
C0-Team leader of Change is Good and Half Marathon Team, Support panel of The Best Life Diet
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LINDAKAY228
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We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves. Sir Roger Bannister
Linda
Last is just the slowest winner."-C Hunter Boyd
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LINDAKAY228
Posts: 14,316 11/10/11 1:26 P
Everyone in life is looking for a certain rush. Racing is where I get mine.” - John Trautmann
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