Finisher’s medals from @500Festival #MiniMarathon – Tim: 1:32 / Olivia: 2:46
Getting ready for @500Festival #MiniMarathon in the morning w @OliviaAgee.
With @OliviaAgee & @PaxtonB at the @500Festival #MiniMarathon Expo
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
Steve Prefontaine
Great sign…very motivational!
My training for the Indy 500 Festival Mini-Marathon this year has been focused on breaking 1:30:00 for the first time. However, just found out today that the first 500 finishers (out of 30,000+) receive a special medal (pictured above). Last year, the time to make the top 500 was 1:28:40. Not sure that I have this in me, or even a 1:30:00 for that matter, but it is very tempting to give it a shot (keeping in mind that the time could be completely different this year). Is this crazy?
My feeling is that any day that I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.
John Bryant
So proud of Kate for finishing all 26.2 miles of the @RunRocknRoll #CMM Kid’s Marathon, including the last mile tonight. This was her 5th kid’s marathon completed!! Way to go Katerbug!!!
Kate getting ready for the @RunRocknRoll #CMM Kid’s Marathon #fb
Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it’s all about.
PattiSue Plummer, U.S. Olympian
Most mistakes in a race are made in the first two minutes, perhaps in the very first minute.
Jack Daniels, Exercise Physiologist and Coach (This is one I REALLY need to take to heart)
Getting ready for the Purity Moosic City Dairy Dash 5k & 10k tomorrow.
It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
George Sheehan
My thoughts on the 2nd annual Oak Barrel Half Marathon in Lynchburg, TN
Oak Barrel Half Marathon
April 2, 2011
www.oakbarrelhalf.com
My Run: Overall, the Oak Barrel Half Marathon in Lynchburg was my seventh half marathon. This race was capped at 1000 entries, and there were just under 900 that made it to the finish line.
I went into this race with a lot of uncertainty about how hard I could push myself. During the fall and winter, I ran four marathons and one half marathon in a five month span. At the Murfreesboro “Middle Half” marathon in October, I set a new PR of 1:31 (6:57 pace). After completing the Mercedes Marathon in February, my body was pretty trashed and I decided to re-evaluate my training plan and race schedule. This included a re-commitment to P90X/Insanity, and not scheduling another marathon until October.
Why aren’t you signed up for the 401K? …I’d never be able to run that far.
Scott Adams, Dilbert (4/2/01)
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.
Frank Shorter
U.S. marathon finisher total surpasses 1/2 million mark for the first time [in 2010].
RunningUSA’s annual Marathon Report. In case you’re wondering, RunningUSA says there were 1.1 million U.S. half-marathon finishers in 2009. Half the distance = twice as many finishers? Sounds about right to us. (via runnersworld)
If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It’s raining? That doesn’t matter. I am tired? That’s besides the point. It’s simply that I just have to.
Emil Zatopek