Running down by the railroad track. It is an absolutely powerful feeling to run right next to the train while it is rolling by. I get this awesome feeling of power coursing through my body as if I am one with the train.
—Runner’s World Challenger Samuel Bueno’s idea of a rave run.
Runner’s World magazine, published by Rodale since 1971 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Kara Goucher: Running
“Running has always been a relief and a sanctuary—something that makes me feel good, both physically and mentally. The best thing about running is the joy it brings to life.”
~Kara Goucher
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Lorraine Moller: Running
“For me, running is a lifestyle and an art. I’m more interested in the magic of it than the mechanics.”
~Lorraine Moller, Four-time New Zealand Olympian.
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Jim Taylor: Running
Focus on what it’s like to be outdoors, to feeling your body move, to the relationships you may have built through running. These are experiences that can be reproduced with every run—you don’t need a good finish time to produce them. By shifting the focus from results to running itself you’ll feel empowered.
Jim Taylor, Ph.D., a sports psychologist and author of Prime Sport: Triumph of the Athlete Mind, The Bliss List, Runner’s World.com
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Kathrine Switzer: Running
Ever since I began running when I was thirteen, there was a palpable difference between the days I ran and those I didn’t: My running days had more significance. Missing a day wasn’t a major tragedy or anything – sometimes you can’t help it or you just don’t feel like it. A day I didn’t run was just a day without a bonus, a bonus that enriched my life in so many ways
Kathrine Switzer, Running/Walking for Women Over 40
English: Kathrine Switzer at the 2011 Berlin Marathon Expo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Kristin Armstrong: Running
Kristin Armstrong (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I love waking up rested and ready to meet the new year in the finest way possible – running into it.
Kristin Armstrong, Oui, Mile Markers blog, Runner’s World.com
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Johanna Olson: Running
Truly, I love running. It’s who I am. It’s a part of me. Even if I can only run for 10 minutes, I feel whole and happy. And if everything else is falling to pieces, I go for a run, and I feel like things are going to be okay.
Johanna Olson, Olympic Marathon Trials runner who died of brain cancer at the age of 33
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Dick Beardsley: Running
English: Photo of Dick Beardsley, taken by Jill Beardsley for his website and promotional use. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A lot of people say they love running because of how they feel afterward. Not me. Well, I love that, too, but it’s also so much fun while I’m out there.
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Julie Isphording: Running
English: The lonliness of the long-distance runner(s) These two runners had just finished running along the foot/cycle path that runs along the side of the A14 here – which can’t have been too nice for them. I passed them again about 40 minutes later in the heart of Felixstowe, still running – I hope they were nearly home! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Run often and run long, but never outrun your joy of running.
Julie Isphording, retired American long distance runner
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Frank Shorter: Racing…
English: Frank Shorter, 2002 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.
Frank Shorter, U.S. Olympic Marathoner
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Nina Kuscik: Running
Marathon Preparedness (Photo credit: super-structure)
Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine your own tempo. You can choose your own course and think whatever you want. Nobody tells you what to do.
Nina Kuscik, marathoner
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Joe Henderson: Your toughest opponent
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don’t so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head.
Joe Henderson, running coach and author
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English: Obstacle This is one of the obstacles on the toughest mountain bike trail on Whiteash Hill. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Deena Kastor: Running
The beauty of running is its simplicity; the beauty of runners is that we all have a similar drive to improve.
Deena Kastor (Photo credit: Brian Sawyer)
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Dean Karnazes: Running
English: Ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes signs books at the Napa Valley Marathon pre-race expo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.
Dean Karnazes, ultrarunner
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Kara Goucher: Running
Kara Goucher at the 2009 Boston Marathon. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Running has always been a relief and a sanctuary—something that makes me feel good, both physically and mentally. For me it’s not so much about the health benefits. Those are great, but I believe that the best thing about running is the joy it brings to life.
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Joe Henderson: Being tough
Jared Allen chasing down the back on the sweep (Photo credit: rburtzel)
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don’t so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head.
Joe Henderson, running coach and author
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Christopher McDougall: Born to run
And Our Heart Beat in Our Fingertips, Without Reason (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other but to be with each other.
Christopher McDougall, “Born to Run”
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Bill Bowerman (Nike): Running
Bill Bowerman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The real purpose of running isn’t to win a race; it’s to test the limits of the human heart.
Bill Bowerman, Co-founder of Nike, Inc.
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Runner’s World magazine, published by Rodale since 1971 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Running is as much about settling into a lifelong groove as it is about constantly changing course.
Evelyn Spence, Hello, New York. Goodbye., Runner’s World, May 2012
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Bill Rodgers: Running
Rodgers Rop (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It’s the easiest sport.”
~Bill Rodgers
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Nina Kuscik: Running
Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine your own tempo. You can choose your own course and think whatever you want. Nobody tells you what to do.
Nina Kuscik, marathoner.
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Running
I just go out there and feel like, ‘This is hard, but this is great.’ I just feel so incredibly alive. And I feel healthy and inspired when I run a race, even if it’s not my best day.
Tina Ingegneri, Runner’s World Challenger of the Week
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