Running has enhanced every aspect of my life. If everyone ran, the world would be a better place.
-Josh Cox (@JoshCox)
I remember when the hardest part of being a marathoner was running 26.2. Today the hardest part is getting thru the marathon entry process.
Bart Yasso (@BartYasso) on Twitter – Amen to That!
Another fantastic ad from @Saucony
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas Edison (via michaelgoesrunning)
Runner’s love a challenge. Their sport requires an internal drive foreign to most ‘normal’ people. They not only push through pain, but welcome it. They live to test their limits, and if a gauntlet is thrown down, they embrace the chance to test their mettle.
Adam Goucher and Tim Catalano from “Running the Edge”
The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at.
Jesse Owens
Each race and workout is like a mini battle in a personal war of fitness and self-discovery. Running provides the context we need to look deep inside ourselves and discover personal characteristics only visible when we push our physical limits.
Adam Goucher and Tim Catalano from “Running the Edge”
The harder the challenge or the more difficult the obstacle, the smaller the number of people who have what it takes to succeed, the greater the feeling of personal satisfaction gained from doing it.
Adam Goucher from “Running the Edge”
There comes a time in every season when we have to look at the weather outside with sheer defiance and utter insubordination. On that day, we must look outside and proclaim, ‘You are not tougher than me!’
Tim Catalano from “Running the Edge” (via beautifulday4running)
I am not somebody who just likes to run. I am a runner. This is the difference between a pastime and a passion. I like to play golf, but I am not a golfer. I like to cook, but I am not a chef. I don’t just like to run. I am a runner. It is a passion. It is part of who I am and is woven into the fabric of my personality, character, and psyche.
Adam Goucher from “Running the Edge”
When you’re as old as I am they give you an age group award if you cross the finish line and are still breathing
Dan Ashmead (At Shelby Bottoms Boogie 15K this AM)
It’s like breathing through a straw in a refrigerator.
Tim Agee (@timagee) during a foggy morning run at 50 degrees. (via inthewright)
Do one thing a day that scares you.
From lululemon manifesto
How do you know you can’t until you’ve been there and couldn’t?
Nathan Wright (@nkwright)
I noticed one of your running friends has the email quickchic…am thinking of changing my email to molassesmama
Olivia Agee (My Wife) – via Twitter
I will do today what you won’t, so tomorrow I can do what you can’t
Unknown
There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
Bill Bowerman
The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare
Juma Ikaanga
The Surgeon General gave me permission to smoke you.
From a running T-Shirt
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
Steve Prefontaine