Running Quotes

When we were building the Lounge, one of the "must-have" spaces in the Lounge was a place to put quotes and sayings.   Both Tom and I like quotes and inspirational sayings, but in the past had relied on sticky notes, scribbles on the side of pages of a magazine or notebook, or even worse - belief we would remember the profound words we just read.

To keep them organized and easy to find, we added a "Quotes and Sayings" section in the Staying Motivated category in Running KnowHow.   We add quotes as we see them and hope you will as well. 

Surfing around the Lounge and blogosphere in the last week, here are a few of my favorite finds:

From Nat's Open Mic Interview:  When asked what she always runs with, her response was, "....cookies or oxygen, it is a toss up."

From the blog "Train Run Hope Cure":  a great list of quotes and sayings, a few of my favorites:  After this, I can have a cupcake. After this, I can have a cupcake. After this, I can have a cupcake. Make that ten cupcakes. (Courtesy of her friend, Mary.)  AND  Have you hit a brick wall? Aim higher and jump over it.    She also included a link to revelsports.com which has some great quotes.

From the blog, Sportminded:  "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

From "NC mom on the run" came a fabulous quote from a local sports magazine:  "There's a secret, a secret that every runner knows.  I start at point 'A.' I end at point 'A.' And somewhere in between point 'A' and point 'A' is where I find ... the point."   ~Amy Kidder-Hayes

From Runner Mom a few months ago:  "Running isn't about how far you go, but how far you've come."   -- Bart Yasso

From the OfficeDiet - a series of great quotes including:  True life is lived when tiny changes occur.  - Leo Tolstoy

From The Laminator's blog:  I run because I used to be envious of people that could run, and now I am that person.  -– Kendra Thompson

We are looking forward to hearing your quotes and sayings as part of Take It and Run Thursday.  And remember, you don't have to wait for a special reason, add your quotes anytime to the "Quotes and Sayings" page on the Lounge.

Comments

[Amy W.]

Amy- Thanks so much for visiting our blog and linking us in your post! I also love inspirational quotes and find them very helpful on the course. And I'm so excited to find your site/blogging community. I'm not sure I can call myself a runner just yet but I hope to someday. In the meantime, I look forward to all I can learn from your experiences. My friends and I are participating in the Nike Women's Marathon this Sunday so I'm sure we'll all be visiting your list of "Quotes and Sayings" in search of inspiration for the weekend. :) Thanks, again!

[suzee]

Kendra's is GREAT. That covers why I run, too.

[CAZUMI98]

The distance is only 1,661,220 inches, just a run in the park!

[Air Jordan shoes]

Interesting, when we were child we also painted pics and shick them together, it is a good work to stimulate creative,keep up work!

[north face jackets]

Socks with finger-holes make nifty hand warmers. As an insulating layer, I wore a four-ounce piece of poly batting like a tunic under my Frogg Toggs, to the top of Chimborazo and other mountains.

[nike free run]

I know if I come off my bike for any reason I'm protected with some of the best equipment money can buy.

[tiffany jewelry]

I was somewhat hesitant to purchase this ring b/c it was less expensive then most other vendors. I was just worried.. 'you get what you pay for'.