Running quotes

--amadeus--

There are dozens of great quotes about running and I try and collect as many good ones as I can.

Some of my favourites:

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.
Jerome Drayton

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally.
Both Frank Shorter

Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when awareness comes, it is excruciating.
John Farrington

We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.
Emil Zatopek (a one man quote machine!)

Get going. Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.
Ron Hill to Jerome Drayton during the 1970 Boston Marathon

Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count.
Barry Magee, marathon bronze in Rome, 1960

Ask yourself: "Can I give more?". The answer is usually: "Yes".
Paul Tergat

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
Doug Larson

If you start to feel good during an ultra, don't worry you will get over it.
Gene Thibeault

Tough times don't last but tough people do.
A.C. Green

Pain fades, glory doesn't
Lance Armstrong?

Anyone have any others?

Woddle

My next 2 tats, not sure whether to go with the symbols or the writing, I'm still not happy with the current symetry, so this one will go on the bicep

千里之行﹐始於足下。
Qian li zhi xing, shi yu zu xia.

and this on the shoulder

Ichi-go ichi-e
一期一会

This one will be the symbols. I picked these because I can relate them to my running experiences.

stevie_b

runningman1980 wrote: »

I am an exceptionally talented athlete and I can assure you that with my advice you will excel like never before. I am also available as a pacer for a 2:40 dublin marathon(my pb is 2:21).

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TheRoadRunner

Woddle wrote: »

My next 2 tats, not sure whether to go with the symbols or the writing, I'm still not happy with the current symetry, so this one will go on the bicep

千里之行﹐始於足下。
Qian li zhi xing, shi yu zu xia.

and this on the shoulder

Ichi-go ichi-e
一期一会

This one will be the symbols. I picked these because I can relate them to my running experiences.

Jaysus Woddle, you will be competing with Martin Fagan for the title of King of the tats before you know it

HardyEustace

Every step will make me stronger
- from a pal, don't know where they heard it

Are we there yet?
- every child that's ever gone on a car journey

Right, after I get up this hill, I'm f*cking this sodding bike into the ditch, hitching to the nearest pub, having several large vodkas and NEVER, EVER doing another triathlon again
- Hardy Eustace

Seres

Woddle wrote: »

My next 2 tats, not sure whether to go with the symbols or the writing, I'm still not happy with the current symetry, so this one will go on the bicep

千里之行﹐始於足下。
Qian li zhi xing, shi yu zu xia.

will you be getting this tat horizontally or vertically on the bicep ?

ekevosu

More from a t-shirts thread but some good ones:

"Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit."

"A marathon is just a 10K with a 20 mile warm-up."

"In my mind I'm a Kenyan. In my legs, I'm a chubby white guy."

"Any idiot can run - It takes a special kind of idiot to run a marathon."

"Start slowly and taper off."

"Trample the weak, hurdle the dead"

"My sport is your sports punishment."

"Running is a mental sport. We're all insane."

mrak

ekevosu wrote: »

"Trample the weak, hurdle the dead"

lol - Mick Rice are you listening - this HAS to be the logo for next years 5k series.! This years one made my head hurt trying to understand it.

"It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are seperated from the boys" - emile zatopec

Racing Flat

'Don't leave it on the track' - lots of people

'The only times you should ever finish a marathon are if it's your first one, if you are on for a PB or if you are likely to win (the race or your age category). If none of these are on the cards, stop as soon as you realise this is the case' - Bob Glover. This came to mind after reading about the Cork marathon recently. His reasoning is that the damage done between miles 22 and 26 is not worth the negative effect this has on your body or your ability to get back training quickly following the race, unless one of the 3 instances above are in play. While dropping out of races is probably a dangerous game to get into, he might have a point when it comes to marathons...

I await the controversy

TheRoadRunner

Racing Flat wrote: »

'The only times you should ever finish a marathon are if it's your first one, if you are on for a PB or if you are likely to win (the race or your age category). If none of these are on the cards, stop as soon as you realise this is the case' - Bob Glover. This came to mind after reading about the Cork marathon recently. His reasoning is that the damage done between miles 22 and 26 is not worth the negative effect this has on your body or your ability to get back training quickly following the race, unless one of the 3 instances above are in play. While dropping out of races is probably a dangerous game to get into, he might have a point when it comes to marathons...

I await the controversy

Ah yes. My criteria are slightly different. I will only toe the line if I can meet one of his 3 criteria (which is always the PB goal). If I don't think I can run a PB I won't race. However once on the line I won't stop, it's a bad habit to get into unless you are trying to make a living from running and quickly eye up another marathon in a couple of months.

ultraman1

The older i get,the better i was....

HardyEustace

Bad knee
- mythical five minute mile at the age of 19 runners

ecoli

To be no. 1 you must train like number 2
-Maurice Green-

Im goin to work it so that its a pure guts race. If it is im the only one that can win
-Steve Prefontaine-

Woddle

Seres wrote: »

will you be getting this tat horizontally or vertically on the bicep ?

Horizontally and just on the inside of the muscle. I made a mess of the first one and I reckon with these 2(makes 4) it will actually make the first one look good.

shels4ever

Racing Flat wrote: »

'Don't leave it on the track' - lots of people

'The only times you should ever finish a marathon are if it's your first one, if you are on for a PB or if you are likely to win (the race or your age category). If none of these are on the cards, stop as soon as you realise this is the case' - Bob Glover. This came to mind after reading about the Cork marathon recently. His reasoning is that the damage done between miles 22 and 26 is not worth the negative effect this has on your body or your ability to get back training quickly following the race, unless one of the 3 instances above are in play. While dropping out of races is probably a dangerous game to get into, he might have a point when it comes to marathons...

I await the controversy

+1 It's easier siad then done when you have put so much work in , a wise quote but a hard one to take somewhere around the Antrim road...

showry

"Marco, why are you such a strong climber? To shorten my pain". Marco Pantani

"It doesn't get easier, you just get faster." Greg Lemond

aburke

No such thing as bad weather - just weak men.
Noel Caroll