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Clams Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 10:49 AM It's early and it's dark but it's worth it... It's early and it's dark but it's worth it... It's early and it's dark but it's worth it... It's early and it's dark but it's worth it... IP: Logged
mtngrl Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 10:59 AM What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. ------------------ Life is a journey-not a destination IP: Logged
detroitbroker Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 11:26 AM Amazong, there are three pages of this now, and I think I have done them all at least once in my short running career. I think that here are my favorites. The ones I use the most. 1- Livestrong (Thanks Lance) 2- Pain is weakness leaving the body 3- "You aint so bad" Rocky to Clubber Lang What a great sport... EJW www.teamseam.com IP: Logged
Margaret Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 11:30 AM Left, right, left, right, left . . . GI beans and GI gravy, gee I wished I joined the Navy. IP: Logged
Rawhide Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 11:36 AM I have two favorites I rely on frequently: "Pain is temporary, Pride is forever" and "Loser's Quit, Winner's Train " [This message has been edited by Rawhide (edited Sep-14-2004).] IP: Logged
eaten Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 11:39 AM just [pant] keep [gasp] GOING . . . . IP: Logged
uhoh Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 12:31 PM quote: Originally posted by puglogic: Positive, yeah, I know. But b\|tching doesn't do it for me. I get more than enough of that from the people around me. Running is the All Me Show starring Me Totally. I've found that screaming positive thoughts in my head about how fast/strong/tough I am and what a perfect machine my body is is far more effective than anything else. IP: Logged
Johnnystella Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 12:59 PM These thoughts usually go through my head on a run: -Ow, Ow, Ow, this hurts -Ok, next mailbox -You can make it -Oh shut up, this is really sucking -Wow, this feels pretty good -Oh, good song -What do I want for dinner tonight? IP: Logged
forchance Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 01:46 PM I love Left, right, repeat. I look down and tell my feet --By now you know the drill--Left, Right, Repeat, until we're done dam&it!!!! Am I feeling my butt get tighter???OOH yeah, keep going!! You can eat what you want, eat what you want, eat what you want. 45 min. of pain=-a day of thinking I look good. ------------------ Me IP: Logged
reberuns Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 01:49 PM Ok this is how it usually goes: Here I go.. Oh God WHY am I doing this?! Slow down breathe... Recovery recovery recovery This SUCKS but I can't quit now I'm halfway done!! Keep on keepin' on, keep on keepin' on... Dear Lord only 1 mile left (or "x" minutes) I will feel ssooooo much better when I'm done HA HA i did it!! You walkers suck! (pant gasp) IP: Logged
swinefordlk Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 02:45 PM I went to a military college (Virginia Military Institute) and we had a chant we would use: "Never Say Die!" I use that in the final stages of races when I'm tired. One step for each word and then finish my exhale phase with a short hard exhale on the fourth step and then do it again. And again. And again. Most of the time I manage to keep it in my head, but I have caught myself in several races doing it out loud. If I'm not doing that in my head, I'm telling myself that I've only got x miles to go and I KNOW that I can do x miles, so all I have to worry about is enduring the time until I'm done. Also, I've stolen from Lance: Live Strong and Live Large ------------------ "...force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them hold on..."- (Kipling) The essence of running IP: Logged
Tek Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 03:15 PM 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20 1.2.3... Tek IP: Logged
kimike Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 03:38 PM I so totally rock! I rule! I've got this! IP: Logged
HSunshine Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 03:47 PM Paraphrased from a runner's quote thread awhile ago: "What are you gonna do? Are you gonna stop and take a nap in someone's yard?!? Or are you gonna finish your run?" That and: "It doesn't hurt. You're not tired. Just think of something else. Anything. What's for breakfast, lunch, dinner... whatcha doing today, tomorrow, tonite ... distract, distract, distract. Just think of something else." and "You've been more tired/dead-legged than this and lived" IP: Logged
quickly Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 04:14 PM Just visualise that olympic gold medal at the end of it all... IP: Logged
OurJuliet Member	posted Sep-14-2004 06:35 PM Pain is weakness leaving the body! Buh-Bye! IP: Logged
OurJuliet Member	posted Sep-14-2004 06:37 PM There are two types of people: Those who run and those who should. IP: Logged
Miss Piggy Cool Runner	posted Sep-14-2004 11:14 PM D I C I P L I N E.....................afterall................we all need it to run Miss Piggy............powering on! IP: Logged
redroadrunner Cool Runner	posted Sep-15-2004 01:03 AM it's usually the "just get to the next corner, the next bush, the next tree, the next bend in the road, the next powerpole, the next fence...." but when things get tough i pull out the good stuff. after trash talking me through a hill my running group trainer told me about pain vs injury. pain vs injury ... is it injury or is it pain? if its' just pain - keep going!! She also told me that I've got that "fire" inside to go on ... sometimes I wonder where the fire is ... but I know if other people can see it, it's there & I am capable of doing anything I set my mind to. So when the running gets tough I just think that I've got the fire. and a couple things I started telling myself after a nasty breakup with my ex who told me I couldn't/wasn't strong enough ... I AM strong enough, I CAN do this. Failure is NOT an option! all together - my little sayings help keep that fire burning and get me thru the tough moments! maggie IP: Logged
Athletictrainer22 Cool Runner	posted Sep-15-2004 10:11 AM This morning I found a new saying for myself....If you quite now you are just going to have to walk in the rain and that is going to talk twice as long IP: Logged
rochesterrev Member	posted Sep-15-2004 11:10 AM Vincet Qui Patitor. Loosely translated from Latin: "If it don't kill you it will make you stronger." IP: Logged
crimson18 Cool Runner	posted Sep-15-2004 04:31 PM quote: Originally posted by rochesterrev: Vincet Qui Patitor. Loosely translated from Latin: "If it don't kill you it will make you stronger." Actually, that translates to "He who is patient wins" IP: Logged
tomwhite Cool Runner	posted Sep-15-2004 08:40 PM ......if i live,,,this'll make a great story someday///// IP: Logged
Brini Cool Runner	posted Sep-15-2004 09:26 PM I'M RUNNING AWAY FROM MY ASS. I'M RUNNING AWAY FROM MY ASS. I'M RUNNING AWAY FROM MY ASS. I'M RUNNING AWAY FROM MY ASS. IP: Logged
cindy34 Member	posted Sep-15-2004 10:47 PM QUITING IS NOT AN OPTION!!! NOW LETS FINISH! IP: Logged

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