A Little Extra Running Mojo!

The body does not want you to do this.
As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong.
You always go too far for your body.
You must handle the pain with strategy...
It is not age; it is not diet.
It is the will to succeed.
-Jacqueline Gareau

 

I always loved running...
it was something you could do by yourself,
and under your own power.
You could go in any direction,
fast or slow as you wanted,
fighting the wind if you felt like it,
seeking out new sights
just on the strength of your feet
and the courage of your lungs.
-Jesse Owens

It's elevating and humbling at the same time.
Running along a beach at sunrise
with no other footprints in the sand,
you realize the vastness of creation,
your own insignificant space in the plan,
how tiny you really are,
your own creatureliness
and how much you owe to the supreme body,
the God that brought
all this beauty and harmony into being.
-Sister Marion Irvine, Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier

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