Running is a road to self-awareness and
reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and
learn the harsh reality of your physical and
mental limitations or coast quietly down a
solitary path watching the earth spin beneath
your feet."- Doris Brown Heritage, 1st woman to run a sub-5
minute indoor mile
There will be days when I don't know if I can run
a marathon.
There will be a lifetime knowing that I have.
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
Your body will argue that there is no justifiable
reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on
your spirit, which fortunately functions independently
of logic."
- Tim Noakes, runner of 70 marathons and ultra
marathons
"The ultimate measure of a man is not
where he stands in moments of comfort,
but where he stands at times of challenge
and controversy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr
"Some of the world's greatest feats were
accomplished by people not smart enough to
know they were impossible."
- Doug Larson, English gold-medalist runner