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Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
The quote I have learned the most from came from my HS Cross Country coach. Having an annoying tendency to announce in advance what I thought I would achieve in the next race/season/year he would say to me:
"Show me, don't tell me."
- Joe
We are fragile creatures on collision with our judgment day.
The faster you run, the sooner you're done.
Cool as a Cucumber
No pressure no diamonds.
The pavement fears me.
Hills go both ways!
"Beat somebody!"
- Coach Ed Moore
Not a running quote but it is one of my lifetime favorites,
"Don't worry about a thing, Cause every littel thing is gonna be alright"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_NQZyBc3g
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas" Davy Crockett
"If you realize that you can't do what you set out to do, then set out to do what you can do."
Always keeps me motivated to do something.
Life Goals:
#1: Do what I can do
#2: Enjoy life
Okay, here we go. Focus. Speed. I am speed. One winner, forty-two losers. I eat losers for breakfast. Breakfast? Maybe I should have had breakfast? Brekkie could be good for me. No, no, no, focus. Speed. Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning.” — Lightning McQueen
I didn't come all this way just to see you quit
Not that I am fast but--
A tangerine is just an orange that didn't want it bad enough.... DON'T BE A TANGERINE!
"Running is boring" - I had to listen to this today from two fat work colleagues.
What does fat work entail?
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
It's like normal work..........but fatter.
You don't get a body like this from walking
Goals For 2011:
sub 2:30 800m
Sub 6:00 Mile (PR 5:34)
Sub 20:00 5k
250 Mile Club
not a quote but in the race advice thread this made me laugh out loud.
"There will be a lot of people around you who will set their own personal bests in the 800 meters once the race starts."