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mefesta Cool Runner	posted Apr-29-2005 11:37 AM I have a new one, thanks to cus3435 on this board: "Any freakin mile that was in front of you, that is now freakin behind you, freakin counts" I'm fighting a losing battle against taking walk breaks...but this has kept me going, whether I have to walk a minute, or I'm running right through. Moe IP: Logged
Muffin02 Cool Runner	posted Apr-29-2005 01:54 PM I'm so glad I caught this thread! My favorite one was "I'm running away from my ass!" I don't have a mantra yet, I just try to distract myself from looking at the time...."the ocean sounds nice, oh look at that pretty flower, hey if she could run then so could I, just one more minute!!!!" ------------------ Regina IP: Logged
heatherjane4 Member	posted Apr-29-2005 02:59 PM Wow! Great Thread! When outside it's like therapy so I need a mantra to get me to go home. The TM is a different story so I have to keep asking myself what else would I be doing if I wasn't on the treadmill. Watch TV? I might as well run while I do it instead of sitting and eating. It helps. IP: Logged
CHARY66 Member	posted Apr-29-2005 03:04 PM come on!! you want to quit now?? so you going home telling the kids you did not finish you run because what?? what is your excuse? keep runnig you ll feel better after trust me IP: Logged
karena Member	posted Apr-29-2005 04:30 PM Here's what got me through my first marathon (years ago -- I'm a newbie due to relapse): 100 bottles of beer on the wall..... (well, you know the rest). I think I sung it dozens of times over and lost count several times...) IP: Logged
Stardog34 Cool Runner	posted Apr-29-2005 04:43 PM boom! chuggah luggah luggah! boom! chuggah luggah luggah! boom! chuggah luggah luggah! Seriously, I think this in cadence with my run sometimes. [This message has been edited by Stardog34 (edited Apr-29-2005).] IP: Logged
cstcyr77 Cool Runner	posted Apr-29-2005 04:51 PM "I do it because I love it; I do it because I can." this is used mainly on hills IP: Logged
mer1dith Member	posted Apr-29-2005 06:31 PM I sing the refrain to a Jimmy Eat World song over and over (Bleed American) "Blood sweat sugar on the asphalt" The beat is just right to keep my legs moving. When that doesn't work, I try "You've already done X minutes, X more minutes is nothing. Come on" ------------------ Check out my running page! http://whatmerun.blogspot.com/ IP: Logged
jingrum Cool Runner	posted Apr-29-2005 09:24 PM quote: I hate my colon and my colon hates me. BAH![/B] There is your mantra right there, John, but your persistence is inspiring. Trinity IP: Logged
jingrum Cool Runner	posted Apr-29-2005 09:32 PM Beong on the 3rd week of C25K, my mantra is "When you pass XXXX you can check your watch..." There is also my signature (see below). Trinity ------------------ Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try. (Yoda the Jedi Master) IP: Logged
Karen Leigh Cool Runner	posted Apr-30-2005 12:53 AM Tough times don't last, tough people do. IP: Logged
Muffin02 Cool Runner	posted Apr-30-2005 10:16 AM This one came to mind last night....... Run like the wind Bullseye! (from Toy Story 2) ------------------ Regina IP: Logged
streely Cool Runner	posted Apr-30-2005 10:44 AM It's me against the pavement. Really, are you going to let the pavement win? Well, 'ya drug yourself to the end of the road, now there's nothing to do but turn around and run back home. Dumbass hill . . . whose idea was it to put the toll road here anyway? Obviously not a runner from my neighborhood. IP: Logged
sheepla Cool Runner	posted Apr-30-2005 11:24 AM For me also, it is usually "Livestrong." But I also like to remind myself "I am a runner." IP: Logged
Stone Soup Cool Runner	posted Apr-30-2005 12:46 PM It's not really a mantra, but I just think of people who are elderly, in wheelchairs, etc. and think about how lucky I am that I'm mobile in the first place. I just try to see a hill as a chance to take advantage of my physical autonomy, which some people don't have the luxury of having. Other than that, I just tell myself that I can always pretend that my shoe came untied if it gets to be too much ! IP: Logged
run4fun2 Member	posted Apr-30-2005 04:18 PM On those really tough days I think.....There's no such thing as a bad run, some are just better than others! IP: Logged
Iwillrun Member	posted Apr-30-2005 04:24 PM Just keep running, just keep running....said just like Dory in Finding Nemo (Just keep swimming, just keep swimming) IP: Logged
leks126 Cool Runner	posted Apr-30-2005 08:06 PM My mantra is... Well, I have a few. (I'm a high school runner, not that much of a newbie, about 2 seasons in). Anyways, they are: Just one more mile just one more mile just one more mile. They're catching me they're catching me they're catching me. Run run run run run run run run run run! Thin thin thin thin thin thin (Don't use this much anymore though). Well, I'm sure I have more but that's it for now. IP: Logged
sara74 Member	posted May-01-2005 11:42 PM Just started running and I run through a lot of cul de sacs and circles so my mantra is "They might be looking out the windows and you will look like a pathetic piece of $%*& if you are walking by all red faced and puffing so you better keep it up!" and since DH just bought me an iPod shuffle I also use "He'll never let you live it down if you quit running this soon!" THAT's the one that really gets my butt in gear! IP: Logged
Chrystyne Cool Runner	posted May-02-2005 01:09 AM My mantra is Failure Is Not an Option. When I set a goal before a run I say this to myself if I feel like walking. So far I have finished each goal. IP: Logged
steffiefay Cool Runner	posted May-02-2005 08:48 AM this doesn't hurt this doesn't hurt this doesn't hurt your legs aren't burning * your legs aren't burning* ...strangely enough, when I was in labor ( 2 years ago) I was thinking the same thing...and it worked!!! IP: Logged
sara74 Member	posted May-02-2005 09:23 AM another one that worked this morning - it's this (running) or therapy and that won't make your butt any smaller! IP: Logged
myth31 Member	posted May-02-2005 02:51 PM Thanks, anaphase, I now start yelling and cursing at hills (in my head) and calling them "my btch", and that usually amuses me enough to distract me until I've reached the top. Excellent strategy. quote: Originally posted by anaphase: I have a couple: "F** YOU, STUPID HILL. You're my B*tch now, hill! You rat b@stard." IP: Logged
muscatel1988 Cool Runner	posted May-02-2005 06:10 PM A chain of hairdressers (look, bear with me, ok?!) over here currently has an advertising campaign that goes: [i]Change hurts, but staying the same is torture.[i] IP: Logged
PrinceJ Cool Runner	posted May-02-2005 06:22 PM "My mother runs the butcher shop, My father cuts the meat, and I'm the little hotdog that runs down the street" IP: Logged

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