Bloomsday

I ran Bloomsday today with my little. Now, I have this goal of running a half-marathon in October, but I got sick a few months ago and never re-started. So running 7.5 miles on no training is really a stupid decision. However, it was fun, and although I hurt and I will hurt worse tomorrow, I don't regret it at all! In light of all this, I would like to impart some wisdom in the form of running quotes (*note, I am not responsible for the accuracy of the authors as most of these were found via the internet):

1. "Even if you fall flat on your face, at least you are moving forward." - Sue Luke

2. There are two kinds of people: those who run, and those who should.

3. The greater the challenge, the greater the glory. (Not necessarily about running, but can apply to all aspects of life.)

4. "You shall run and not grow weary, you shall walk and not grow faint." - Isaiah 40:31

5. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's how you play the game.

6. "Top results are reached only through pain. But eventually you like this pain. You'll find the more difficulties you have on the way, the more you will enjoy your success." - Juha Vaatainen

7. "Running is a lot like life. Only 10% of it is exciting. 90% of it is slog and drudge." - Dave Bedford

8. "Sports do not build character. They reveal it." - John Wooden

9. Cross-country, finally, a good use of golf courses! (No, offense to my golf-liking readers.)

10. Running is 90% mental, the rest is physical.

11. While running, it is rude to count the people you pass out loud.

12."Most people race to see who is the fastest, I race to see who has the most guts." - Prefontaine

13. "Running is a lot like life, it's a long journey but well worth it."

14. "Anyone can run 100 meters...it's the next 4900 that count."

15. "Some people don't have the guts for distance racing. The polite term for them is 'sprinters.'"

16. "Bid me run and I will strive for things impossible." -Shakespeare

17. "Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." - Oprah

18. "Records are made to be broken."

19. "It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse." -Ann Trason

20. Running is real and relatively simple - but it ain't easy.

21. To a runner, a side stitch is like a car alarm. It signifies something is wrong, but you ignore it until is goes away.

22. Life is short...running makes it seem longer. (*But not if you run with good friends - they make everything go faster!)

23. "Running is a mental sport...and we are all insane."

24. Date a runner, everyone else is a player.

25. Our speed team has a cross-country problem.

26. Cross-country...no half times, no timeouts, no substitutions...the only true sport.

27. "If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want. - why? Because a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, b) you deserve it, and c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway." - Don Kardong

28. "Why your legs, stomach, chest, arms, and head hurt, and you feel like you're going to die, then you know you are ready to start the second mile." (*This is so true. You will almost never feel as bad as you feel after 1 mile into your run.)

29. "Just want to make sure it's living hell for anyone out there who's going to beat me." - Ken Souza

30. "No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them." - Danny Harris

31. "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. Against God, if you're good enough." - Bill Persons

32. "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 Plumer

33. "Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson

34. "The miles can build you up or the miles can wear you down, it's all about how you approach it." - Josh Cox

35. "If you can't win, make the fellow ahead of you break the record."

36. These are the times that try men's soles.

37. "Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months, and year they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself it merely the demonstration of their championship character." - T. Alan Armstrong

38. "The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit." - Ken Doherty

39. "If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathalon must have taken Him completely by surprise." - P.Z. Pearce

40. "The gun goes off and everything changes...the world changes...and nothing else really matters." - Patti Sue Plummer

41. "It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys." - Emil Zatropek (*Again, about more than just running.)

42. "Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win." - Tom Fleming

43. Cross-country philosophy...the faster you run the faster you're done."

44. "Run like hell and get the agony over with." - Clarence DeMar

45. "We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon." - Emil Zatopek

46. "Running is like mouthwash; if you can feel the burn, it's working." - Brain Tackett


You're welcome.