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When your schedule gets busy and you only wish you could get out and run, remembe.jpg)
r that nothing improves your running practice quite like a good run -- and an positive attitude. And the weather is cooperating very nicely right now, so make sure you take advantage of the cool mornings or early evening sunlight.
I'm always motivated by what others have to say about running. So here is a sampling of some quotes about running I've gathered. Add your own below if you like.
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."
Juma Ikangaa, Tanzania
"Mind is everything: muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind."
Paavo Nurmi
"Once you're beat mentally, you might was well not even go to the starting line."
Todd Williams
"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, 1980 Boston Marathon champ
"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, Canadian marathon runner
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
John Bingham, running speaker and writer
"Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're probably right."
Henry Ford
"You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement."
Steve Prefontaine
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