____________________________ runasfastasyoucan // and don't look back;

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

sometimes, we just can't get our legs moving fast enough. sometimes, we just can't get our asses off our chairs on a day we feel is too nice to go running. sometimes, we just feel so down we can't really motivate ourselves enough. we can't help but get this feeling. but instead of dragging our sad asses down for a run, why not inspire, motivate and hype yourself up by reading some of these really awesome quotes.

" To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. "
- Steve Prefontaine

" Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go.It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. "
- Patti Sue Plummer

" We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves. "
- Sir Roger Bannister

" Ask yourself, can I give more? The answer is usually yes. "
- Paul Tergat

" There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people. "
- Bill Bowerman

" If you want to win something, run the 100m. If you want to experience something, run a marathon. "
- Emil Zatopek

" Run like hell and get the agony over with. "
- Clarence De Mar

" When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less. "
- Paul Brown

"It's very hard to understand in the beginning 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 to quit. "
- George Sheehan

"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win."
- Tom Fleming's Boston Marathon training sign on his wall

hope you guys feel some stuff shooting throughout your body - from your mind to your legs, from your legs to your arms, from your arms back to your mind, and finally, from your mind to your heart. so get out there and run. it's only midnight. have you ever felt the cold breeze at night when you run in the company of your own solitude? have you ever breathed in the air everyone's missing, while they sleep in their bed? hearing only the footsteps of yours as you pound the pavements into the darkness with just the few to many lamps dimly lighting the road for you. it's magic - the way it can push you forward, push you harder, push you further without even having to know it. so take out those running shoes, tie those laces up and set off. the world is waiting.

x Nav ran as fast as he could

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