Turtles Can Run

Tomorrow is my long run day,  and I found that I was in need of a little inspiration.  So I  read  some quotes and wanted to share some of my favorites.

“Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.”

-Dr. George Sheehan

“All that running and exercise can do for you is make you healthy.”

-Denny McLain

“Running helps me be more productive…I’ll be running until I’m a little old lady.”

-Claudine Schneider, Congresswoman

“Have a dream, make a plan, go for it. You’ll get there, I promise.”

-Zoe Koplowitz, Achilles Track Club member with ms who required 24 hours on crutches but finished the 1993 New York City Marathon

“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 Plumer, U.S. Olympian

“The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.”

-Nike running poster

“The human body can do so much.  Then the heart and spirit must take over.”

-Sohn Kee- Chung

“Run hard, be strong, think big!”

-Percy Cerutty

“Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion.”

-Lorraine Moller of New Zealand, winner of the bronze meal in the 1992 Olympic marathon

“Remember, the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing your were running.”

-Sarah Condor, runner

Do you have a favorite quote about running?  If you do I’d love to hear it.

Slow and Steady Still Finishes the Race

-Middalia Wayman

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