#marathon

Long Distance training can be a positive & constructive form of selfishness. After all, once you're at the starting line, you're there by yourself. No one can run a single step for you. No one can jump in & help you. No one but you can make the decisions about what to do to keep going. It's all up to you. ↗

— John Bingham

#marathoning-for-mortals #running #inspirational

In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration. ↗

— Tegla Loroupe

#marathon #running #women #inspirational

I'm not on a mission. I'm not a paragon of health for anybody. I'm not going to run a marathon or model for 'Men's Health' or go on bike rides with Lance Armstrong. I'm not. Trust me. ↗

— Duff Goldman

#armstrong #bike #go #going #health

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race. ↗

— Martin Lel

#being #city #i #invited #know

But yeah, Ann [Trason] insisted, running was romantic; and no, of course her friends didn't get it because they'd never broken through. For them, running was a miserable two miles motivated solely by size 6 jeans: get on the scale, get depressed, get your headphones on, and get it over with. But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it, like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it. ↗

— Christopher McDougall

#running #ultrarunners #motivational

A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ↗

— Sean Astin

#eating #finish #four #goal #hardest

I love to run. I was challenged to run the New York marathon four months after having my youngest son, and since running isn't a big part of softball, the thought of a marathon was a stretch for me. ↗

— Jennie Finch

#big #challenged #four #having #i

I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#ago #i #just #long #long time

When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything. ↗

— Kathrine Switzer

#running #change

I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel. ↗

— Michael Bay

#crews #directing #event #excel #great