June 2, 2016
Today is International Runner´s Day. I don´t know how and when it started, I´ve been completely disconnected since my knee surgery which I thought would hold me back forever...
Until next month, I have slowly re-integrated jogging on the treadmill for 20-25 minutes.
Deep down in my heart I knew I would prevail, despite being aware that my body would not perform the same ever again.
I am very content and fulfilled about being there and done that, I can no longer get too demanding with my body!
I am very grateful for that!
I was skimming through some running quotes online to get fueled up for my treadmill jog tomorrow!
Running is my private time,
my therapy, my religion.
Gail W. Kislevitz
Every morning in Africa, a
gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be
killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster
than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re
the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.
Christopher McDougall
“There are
a lot of guys out there now who know they are not working as hard as other
people. I can’t fathom how they think.” – Alberto Salazar
“What does
not destroy me, makes me strong.” – Nietzsche
“It works
better for me to be nervous and hungry.” – Lance Armstrong
“Success
is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
“To be a
good runner, you must first be a good athlete.” – Jay Johnson
“You don’t
run against a bloody stopwatch, do you hear? A runner runs against
himself, against the best that’s in him…Against all the rottenness in the
world. Against God, if you’re good enough.” – Bill Persons
“Consistency
is king.” – Unknown
“Good
things come slow, especially in distance running.” – Bill Dellinger
“There’s
no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.” – Bill Bowerman
Race Harder
“Most
people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the
most guts.” – Steve Prefontaine
“One thing
about racing is that it hurts. You better accept that from the beginning
or you’re not going anywhere.” – Bob Kennedy
“A man who
sets out to become an artist at the mile is something like a man who sets out
to discover the most graceful method of being hanged. No matter how
logical his plans, he can not carry them out without physical suffering.” – Paul O’Neil
“‘No pain,
no gain’ does not mean that pain systematically equals gain. It’s easy to
go hard. It’s hard to go smart.” – Erwan Le Corre
“Run the
first two-thirds of the race with your head and the last third with your
heart.” – Unknown
Reach New Heights With Your Running
“It’s at
the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.” – Emil Zatopek
“In
football, you might get your bell rung, but you go in with the expectation that
you might get hurt, and you hope to win and come out unscathed. As a
distance runner, you know you’re going to get your bell rung. Distance
runners are experts at pain, discomfort, and fear. You’re not coming away
feeling good. It’s a matter of how much pain you can deal with on those
days. It’s not a strategy. It’s just a callusing of the mind and
body to deal with discomfort. Any serious runner bounces back.
That’s the nature of their game. Taking pain.” –Mark Wetmore
“You can’t
flirt with the track, you must marry it.” – Bill Easton
“If you
want to run, then run a mile. If you want to experience another life, run
a marathon.” – Emil Zatopek
Running Motivation
“The human
spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than
this or jump higher than that. There will never be a time when the human
spirit will not be able to better existing records.” – Sir Roger Bannister
“To be
great, one does not have to be mad, but definitely it helps.” – Percy Cerutty
“We must
wake up to the fact that athletics is not, nor ever can be perfected; there
will always be more to learn.” – Arthur “GreatHeart” Newton
“God has
given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe.
Believe.” –Billy Mills
“Pain is
temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but
eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I
quit, however, it lasts forever. – Lance Armstrong
“Being
defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it
permanent.” – Marilyn vos Savant
“Run hard
when it’s hard to run” – Pavvo
“When you
experience the run, you…relive the hunt. Running is about thirty miles of
chasing prey that can outrun you in a sprint, and tracking it down and bringing
life back to your village. It’s a beatiful thing.” – Shawn Found
“Things in
motion sooner catch the eye than what not stirs.” – Shakespeare
“What am I
on? I’m on my bike busting my ass for 6 hours a day! What are you
on?” – Lance Armstrong
Enjoy Your Hard Work
“I want my
time spent running to serve as a reward.” – Frank Shorter
“The
essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.” – Baron de Coubertin
“I love
running cross-country…You come up a hill and see two deer going, ‘What the hell
is he doing?’ On a track I feel like a hamster.” – Robin Williams
“Remarkable
health is the pursuit of the unconventional.” – Matt Gartland
“Always
enjoy yourself. Don’t be upset if you don’t win, you’ve won by simply not
giving up.” – Unknown
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