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During a race, what is your best source of motivation?
I'm compiling a list in preparation for an upcoming marathon.
Unconventional training method. I think you'd be better off running some.
But Och! I backward cast my e'e, On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear!
05-05-12
I get very inspired thinking about internet trolls.
Food
Are you trying to catch them, or running away from them?
testing testing
I speed up whenever the course goes under a bridge.
Me too. Especially when the trolls smell like cheap wine and sleep in cardboard boxes.
Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.
When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
I recently had a thug in the crappy neighborhood near my office ask me "What kind of iPod is that" while I was out for a run. An easy run quickly turned into a fartlek. Very motivating.......
2013 goals: run a bunch....race some.....repeat...
HobbyJogger & HobbyRacer
I don't know. Compiling a list is relatively safe. Running can cause all sorts of injuries, which may hinder your chance of finishing a marathon.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Prince of Fatness
The beer that is waiting for me when I am done.
Semi-retired.
What if it's a list-compiling marathon? He could get repetitive strain injury, carpal tunnel, paper cuts (if he's a traditionalist) ...
Speaking of things to do avoid injuries and increase chances of finishing the marathon there is a whole thread for that someplace else which I am not linking to avoid space-time continuum rips.
Don't play any other sports, not even chess
Don't play any video games
Don't plop down on you bed
Don't play with your kids
No dancing in your chair to You tube videos
If you have a jeep, never get out of it
and most importantly
Don't ever dry your hair with a towel
During a race, what is your best source of motivation? I'm compiling a list in preparation for an upcoming marathon.
the realization that I can dig deeper and that I have more to give
Speaking of things to do avoid injuries and increase chances of finishing the marathon there is a whole thread for that someplace else which I am not linking to avoid space-time continuum rips. Don't play any other sports, not even chess Don't play any video games Don't plop down on you bed Don't play with your kids No dancing in your chair to You tube videos If you have a jeep, never get out of it and most importantly Don't ever dry your hair with a towel
Stay away from swiss balls.
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