Quotes of the Season

Quotes from this season...

1)   No one said it was going to be easy.

“Running is real and relatively simple – but it ain’t easy.”

 - Mark Will-Weber

2)     It is going to take some guts.

“Most people run a race to see who is fastest.  I run to see who has the most guts”

 – Steve Prefontaine

3)    You have to be tough.

“Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience.  You didn’t so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside you head”

 – Joe Henderson.

4) Your biggest opponent is yourself.

“You don’t run against a bloody stopwatch, do you hear?  A runner runs against himself, against the best that’s in him.  Not against a dead thing of wheels and pulleys.  That’s the way to be great, running against yourself.  Against all the rotten mess in the world.

-Bill Persons

5)  You have to learn to see the beauty in it.

“I always loved running…it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power.  You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs”

- Jesse Owens

6) It’s gonna hurt

The truth is that running hurts.  No one gets faster without meeting their personal pain barrier straight on.  No amount of junk miles, fun runs or affirmations are going to get you over the hill at the five mile mark in a 10K.  However, what will pull you through is solid prep with hard hill runs and interval work.

- Manciata’s explanation of the Truth about Running.

7)  You have to be strong

“Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day.  It asks you “Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?” – Peter Maher

8)   You have to give it your all

“Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.” – Said Aouita

9)  You have to want it

“A runner’s creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.” – Ken Doherty

10)  You are not alone

“You have to wonder at time what you’re doing out there.  Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started.  It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.” – Steve Prefontaine

11) It takes commitment

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.

– Mack R. Douglas

12) You have to be selfless

Winners will take care of themselves.  When you give your best effort; that is what makes you a winner.  There is no limit to what can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit.

-John Wooden.

13)  There is no quitting

There’s only one way you can fail – and that’s to quit.

– Brian Hays

14)  It takes desire

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.

 – Wilfred A. Peterson

15) You Can Do It!

“If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem.  It’s raining” That doesn’t matter.  I am tired?  That’s beside the point.  It’s simply that I just have to.” –Emil Zatopek

16) Take a chance.

“A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A Shedd

There is a moment in every race where you can quit, fold over, or say to yourself
I CAN DO THIS!