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rematore
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 posted Oct-14-2004 05:13 PM
   
Screw it; run through it!------------------
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Knappster23
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posted Oct-14-2004 05:21 PM
Relax and flow.That really helps me when I am pushing too hard or running too tight. It's amazing how much better and faster you run when you just let go and trust yourself instead of trying to force the issue. [This message has been edited by Knappster23 (edited Oct-14-2004).]
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heidi4eyes
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posted Feb-03-2005 03:09 PM
This really is good stuff, I love reading these!
Here you go, Cad.
Heidi[This message has been edited by heidi4eyes (edited Feb-03-2005).]
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espi335
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posted Feb-03-2005 03:21 PM
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Originally posted by Peter K:
I don't exactly have what you would call a mantra, but whenever I see some really nice girl, then, and only then, do I remember why I'm running/keeping fit in the first place.  I should imagine its the same for most blokes.
Yep. I'm one of those blokes. I like to imagine myself at a pool, where a nice girl appreciates my svelt frame! That keeps me running. LOL
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dg12
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posted Feb-03-2005 03:25 PM
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Originally posted by Second Nature:
What is your running mantra?So far mine is "You think this is pain? This is not pain, this is you getting your butt in shape. Now move it!"
Go to my "Runners Quotes" page if you need to formulate your own or borrow all of these that you like. http://www.freewebs.com/dg12/runners_quotes.htm It seems I always start off with Forest Gump's famous line, I decided to go for a little run. - Forrest Gump
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dg12
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posted Feb-03-2005 03:34 PM
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Originally posted by BigGahoona:
I start running Gloria Gaynor's song "I Will Survive" through my head.  My sister has a friend who's mantra is "Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body" - which sort of scares me......
That's a famous Marine Corps saying. Give credit where it's due now that you know. It means that at first you will suffer and you will get stronger but the discomfort does go away. Semper Fi (always faithful)
Marine Corps motto.
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briandirect
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posted Feb-03-2005 03:35 PM
When my body is craving to stop it try to think.....
"Get used to it ....the rest of my life could be like this"
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dg12
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posted Feb-03-2005 03:47 PM
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Originally posted by anaphase:
I have a couple:"You're a runner. This is what you do."
"F*** YOU, STUPID HILL. You're my B*tch now, hill! You rat b@stard."
"One brick at a time - one single, solitary brick" (from a song)
"ONWARD"
Hills are all that you?
WOW I used to think it was a natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land which was meanto to run up or down.
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Xavier Breath
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posted Feb-03-2005 04:00 PM
I don't have a running mantra. 
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Tamblyn
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posted Feb-03-2005 04:43 PM
I don't often have one, but sometimes the lyrics to CCR's "Run through the Jungle" go through my head.If I ever start to run with a headphones, that one is definitely going to be on my music mix. [This message has been edited by Tamblyn (edited Feb-03-2005).]
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astrosweet
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posted Feb-03-2005 05:45 PM
For exercise and dieting motivation, I rely on something along the lines of: "Every day your body is constantly replenishing and rebuilding itself. What is uses and the design it follows depends on the tools and supplies you give it."It's really a fancy way of saying GIGO - garbage in, garbage out.
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Econo
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posted Feb-03-2005 09:18 PM
Just when I think "dang, I am wasting so much time on that stupid website", someone like blockphi comes along to make me laugh out loud. A loud hearty laugh ranks right up there, therapeutically, with the smug self-righteous glow I get when I finish a run.And I don't have a mantra. It's more like "duh, look at that car. Look at that squirrel. Should I say "good morning" to that couple when I pass them? (etc.)" heavy stuff
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anderspank
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posted Feb-03-2005 09:22 PM
"Brian you are a crazy A@# and this pain makes you stound out more than any other person on this road right now. you wanna do an Ironman? you better get your ass in gear and pound out another mile or 25 to finish!" its all in the head, once you beat the head you win....
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Voodoojunkie
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posted Feb-03-2005 10:02 PM
When it's single digits with a negative windchill and I'm still wearing shorts and cold at the start of a run, I just shout, "If you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly!"
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twoleftfeet
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posted Feb-03-2005 10:03 PM
I just saw "Racing Stripes" with my son, and my new mantra is "Leave it on the track and don't look back".
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heidi4eyes
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posted Feb-03-2005 10:05 PM
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Originally posted by Voodoojunkie:
When it's single digits with a negative windchill and I'm still wearing shorts and cold at the start of a run, I just shout, "If you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly!"
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babybugmama
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posted Feb-04-2005 01:53 PM
I don't generally have mantra's...but if needed...keep going keep going keep going you can do it you can do it.... But during this extraordinarily hilly 1/2 marathon I did, I kept saying It's a little bitty hill, it's a little bitty hill....5 minutes later, it's a f***ing little bitty hill.
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heidi4eyes
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posted Feb-04-2005 02:10 PM
BOOM chuckaluckalucka
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BOOM chuckaluckaluckathat's my current favorite for when I'm getting worn out.
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in pursuit
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posted Feb-06-2005 05:01 PM
2 more to add to a great thread:"Nothing lasts forever" (Navy SEAL saying) "You have to go out, but you don't have to come back...." (originally a Coast Guard saying but freely used by many a Naval Aviator on those dark and stormy nights aboard an aircraft carrier prior to launch)
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jzgeorge
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posted Feb-06-2005 06:14 PM
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Originally posted by Second Nature:
What is your running mantra?
G. Gordon Liddy's "I am a machine" has always been a favorite. I also like the Rolling Stone's "It's only rock and roll and I like it, like it. Yes, I do." Finally, from my military days, "I want to be an airborne ranger. Live a life of sex and danger. I want to go to Vietnam." Of course I was in the military in the 1980's so I don't know why we still wanted to go to Vietnam but there it is.
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AlissaM
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posted Feb-06-2005 06:49 PM
It's not what I'm running from...it's what I'm running towards..the future, the finish line, my goals, a new challenge, a bright beginning, the unexpected surprise of a new PR.
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digitaldingo1
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posted Feb-07-2005 02:44 AM
these are all quotes from other members here that I had gotton off a similar thread. I don't mean to take credit for them, they have just been really motivating for me (thanks!) so i thought they might be for someone else too. unfortunatly, i don't know who said what.I think that I might be alot of bad things, but I AM NOT A QUITTER! I might be fat and slow, out of breath and hurting, more crawling than running, but I will not quit. Of course I can do it...I'm a warrior. I tell myself that once upon a time I could barely get through a really short run without huffin and puffin...and now I still huff and puff...but it's in the Boston Marathon. I pretend the sweat pouring off of me is my fat cells...fleeing for their miserable little lives... "Pain feels so much better than regret" It feels good to show some courage. Joe Namath -Cait
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A6RNNER
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posted Feb-07-2005 05:40 AM
whenever i feel tired, i say..."are you a runner?....ok then, so RUN!!!" that usually gets me going...------------------
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Little Miss Booyah
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posted Feb-07-2005 01:56 PM
I haven't been running for very long, but this is what I tell myself:"The only person who can beat you is you...and I'm pretty sure you can take her." Sometimes I can only say this: "You're kind of cute when you can't breathe."
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rushrunriverrat
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posted Feb-07-2005 07:24 PM
I just started myself , so my mantra has become : If you don't like the way I look while I'm running you can bite me at least I'm doing it!!!
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