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SummerSails
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 Posted: 07/18/07 - 14:30 Post subject:
"A lot of people run a race to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts."
- Steve Prefontaine
Runners just do it - they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first. ~Author Unknown
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fuelyourrun
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Posted: 05/05/08 - 22:07 Post subject:
"Everyone in life is looking for a certain rush. Racing is where I get mine. "
John Trautmann
"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, Irish-Canadian Olympian and sub-2:12 marathoner
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pchieng
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Posted: 01/13/09 - 20:37 Post subject:
I guess Steve Prefontaine's "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" is too common to mention..
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runnergurl36
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Posted: 01/22/09 - 07:50 Post subject:
The need to speed 
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saxccgirl
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Posted: 04/09/09 - 22:00 Post subject:
okay so i made this quote up...u know how they say "run like a Kenyan"? well...i changed it to "run like a CULLEN" i know...it's amazing... 
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DenielHop
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Posted: 04/13/09 - 05:19 Post subject:
Quite a funny quotes
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running_brave
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Posted: 07/20/09 - 04:09 Post subject:
my favorites are actually ones from my track team!
If it tastes good..spit it out..
run like your naked! ~Melissa Ratcliffe
clear pee is the key!
hills are our friends...we just havent learned to appreciate them yet
this one im sure someone else has said before we just picked up on it
run like hell and get it over with
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running_brave
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Posted: 07/20/09 - 04:19 Post subject:
also when my school hosted the olymic runner billy mills he said something about when he was running the race in tokyo before he pulled his amazing sprint that won the race the USA
"And while i was running on that back stretch all i could think about was i could stop right here...i could pull off the track and fall right into that japanese official and the cameras wouldnt see it and nobody would know i failed...but then i started thinking...ok maybe on the next lap..and then next thing i knew..i had only one lap left and i started thinking...maybe i can just pull by this guy.."
if you have ever heard billys story then you know that this is the point where he passed the men who had the best odds...and even tho im sure none of us runners plan on running a 10k around a track..any distance track runner has had this feeling of "ok i can give up right here and nobody would think less of me" but then you just keep going..
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theclipse
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Posted: 07/31/09 - 14:34 Post subject:
| running_brave wrote: | also when my school hosted the olymic runner billy mills he said something about when he was running the race in tokyo before he pulled his amazing sprint that won the race the USA
"And while i was running on that back stretch all i could think about was i could stop right here...i could pull off the track and fall right into that japanese official and the cameras wouldnt see it and nobody would know i failed...but then i started thinking...ok maybe on the next lap..and then next thing i knew..i had only one lap left and i started thinking...maybe i can just pull by this guy.."
if you have ever heard billys story then you know that this is the point where he passed the men who had the best odds...and even tho im sure none of us runners plan on running a 10k around a track..any distance track runner has had this feeling of "ok i can give up right here and nobody would think less of me" but then you just keep going.. |
That's a great quote/story!
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LilyJanee
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Posted: 10/11/09 - 19:49 Post subject: Obviously the author never competed in a race walk...
| kobyj wrote: | Ok. THis is my last one for a while. I am only posting this because LC and Gretreiver will get a kick out of it.
"There are actually people who cheat at race walks; they enter a race walk, then run to win. You know you've given up in life when you cheat at a race walk. You've decided that you're so pathetic the only way you can win is by cheating against people who aren't even competing."
Michael Logsdon |
I on the other hand have..
It is one of the hardest events I have ever done in my life!
And I run cross country ,800's 400's and 100 meter hurdles.
So I completely disagree and am sightly offended by this.
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