The Daily Trackings of a Marathoner Wanna Be

If you live a life guided by wisdom, you won't stumble when you run

I'll post the new one each day at the top ~ So far my favorite is #11 19.) "Motivation is a skill. It can be learned and practiced." ~18.) "When the desire strikes, simply put on a pair of shorts and a T-shirt, lace up your running shoes, and head down the road, up a trail, or through an open field." ~ 17.) "There are few instincts more natural than the body in full motion as it races across a field or through the trees." ~ 16.) "Remember, the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running." ~ 15.) "This is what really matters: running. This is where I know where I am." ~ 14.) "You train best where you are the happiest." ~ 13.) "It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped." ~ 12.) "Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it." ~ 11.) "Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared to believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance." ~ 10.) "A starting line is the best, most exciting place I can imagine." ~ 9.) "I'd rather run a gutsy race, pushing all the way and lose, than run a conservative race only for a win." "Once you have decided that winning isn't everything, you become a winner." ~ 8.) "The crime is not to avoid failure, the crime is to not give triumph a chance." ~ 7.) "A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected by in as many ways as they're capable of understanding." ~ 6.) "There is something about the ritual of the race-putting on the number, lining up, being timed-that brings out the best in us." ~ 5.) "My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble." ~ 4.) "To avoid starting out too fast, you have to "have eyes in your stomach," as we say in Norwegian: a good gut instinct of control." ~ 3.) "Racing entails risk. The most common mistake in addition to overtraining is racing too much too soon." ~ 2.) "Racing is pain, and that's why you do it, to challenge yourself and the limits of your physical and mental barriers. You don't experience that in an armchair watching television." ~ 1.) "To be consistently good, once you're in your own lane, you run your own race. For racing, this is the best way to take your nervous energy and turn it into positive energy."