December 3 Update

Just a few more track and miscellaneous results . Some race entries . Also a list of running quotes reproduced from a runners website somewhere (irun).The whole list is very long but worth scanning (see below)
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not sure who is organising this but it will cost adults $28 .


"Anyone keen for some fun in support of a great cause, should try the GREAT NEW ZEALAND SANTA RUN this Wednesday in Hagley Park 

Raising funds for the charity “Kids Can” http://www.kidscan.org.nz/ the run kicks off at 6.30pm. Already there are 160 Santas set to fill the green of the park with a big splash of red.  You can turn up and enter on the day from 5pm. Check out  www.santarun.co.nz for details.

Entry includes a free Santa Suit and a $30 Mizuno shoe voucher redeemable at Athlete’s Foot. There will be goodie bags and spot prizes, and a Free sausage sizzle! Even something for the fastest Santa and Santaress.  Judges will be looking out for the best dressed Santa, so feel free to bring your own touch of Christmas to really jazz up your Santa persona.

Entry via Armagh Street entrance Hagley Park. "

(I actually saw this event in progress and was surprised how many Santas turned up .There were over a hundred in quite good quality red suits streaming past the hospital . Several  had to stop to replace their beards and a few looked unfit and sweaty )

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Dont forget the Sri Chinmoy distance events in Hagley park on Sunday morning 11 th Dec . A good circuit for spectators but a bit late to start training for the longer distances . $5 late entry fee now applies .
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Richard Seigne took out the top vet placing in the third and final Off Roader on Wed evening (Nov 30 ) . With two wins he's probably secured a series victory .Well done to anyone who raced in what was the nastiest , coldest easterly wind in recent memory .RESULTS

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There is a Laura Wood on the competitor list for the recent ITU World Triathlon in Auckland .She was entered in the full distance event .I assume it was CHCH Avon's Laura because she got second fastest swim time. She also got 2nd fastest in the 10 km run (41.35) triathlon results
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Iain popped down to Timaru for South Island Masters meet on Sat 3 Dec. He ran a peppy 400 meters.
here is his short report .

"Mike A lovely day in Timaru - warm to hot with almost no wind. Andrew Stark did about 4:16 for 1500 and 2:04 for 800 and showed he was in a different class to anyone else there. 400m: I was reminded why I do not do sprints! I was in the outside lane, so started in front, but approaching, and through, the second bend, while I was going as fast as I could, the others started passing me on the inside. I finished last (4th out of 4 in M60, with a couple of younger runners there too) in 70.82, which is a PB!  Michael Bond looked good winning the next race with all the really old ones and did about 75 secs. Steeplechase: only 3 starters.M75 Bill Kenny; M65 Michael Bond; M60 me.. I was in the lead from start to finish and never felt under pressure (apart from the pressure not to fall over), so I was happy with 8:37.83 (my previous 2 efforts were 8:32 and 8:40). Michael finished about 30 seconds behind me and I lapped Bill."

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James R says he will be leaving Christchurch on Nov 27th  to begin living in Nelson for a while . He says he will probably make visits back here but will be unavailable to run for the club next year. This will weaken the CHCH Avon veteran ranks even though he is known as "one of the laziest trainers around " - in fact James himself has claimed to be ' the' laziest trainer around.

We will miss his sense of humor and generosity . James recently won over $100 worth of spot prizes in the Frontrunner races and immediately gifted them to friends and family .
Stop Press: Spoke too soon - James is still in CHCH as he hasn't found a house in Nelson yet

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The first Athletics NZ Grand Prix event is the LOVELOCK CLASSIC to be held on SATURDAY 7 JANUARY 2012 at Timaru.

 entries close on TUESDAY 3 JANUARY.

Details of the event including the Programme and Registration are available under ‘Coming Events’ on the Athletics NZ websitelovelock classic link  

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Keep an eye on Kepler results this weekend .Sue Johnson and Sue Davis are entered . Most of us would struggle to bike that far let alone run it . Good Luck .

Stop Press: Sue Davis beat Sue Johnson (10 hr 05 mins  vs 11 hrs 14 mins)
Sarah Coghlan was THIRD placed Senior Woman in 6 hr 13.02 .Good run Sarah .

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looking ahead to the St Martins 5km series in Hagley park over the summer.These commence on Jan 3rd (Tues ) and run for five consecutive weeks ending  .Sponsored by Shoe Clinic /Asics .There will be three more club sponsored 5 km races each Tuesday after these and finally a 10 km road race out at the quarry area.
full info on Ath Canty website.


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Track Results from Burnside Meeting on Nov 19 th. 
(some strong running here from the young seniors )


Lauren Becket (G15 ) - 15.28 (100m )
Laura Smith (G15) -29.87 (200m )
                               -5.09 (1500m )
Brodie Thomas - (B15) - 12.97 (100m )
                         -  60.92 (400m )
Scott Bridgman - (M19) - 60.54 (400m )
Tannock Blair -  (  B15 ) -2.08 (800m )
Alex Manton -   (M19 ) -  2.16  (800m )
Matt Prest          - (B14 ) - 2.20 (800m )
                         - 17.29  (100m Hurdles)
Sean Eustace (B14 )-  4.24 (1500m )
Matt Dryden - (M16 ) - 4.41 (1500m )
Lydia Marshall (W17)-  5.08 (1500m )
Courteney Ruske - (W17) - 12.52 (3000m Walk  1st Place )

The 10,000m Canty Champs was also held . Each year this event attracts either option 1: a  huge field of 30 + or Option 2 : a handful of oldies with a couple of top runners in for the title. This year Uni's Andrew Davidson had the senior race all to himself, but ran an honest 31.37 unaccompanied  . Veteran Peter Larkin came in second place over 7 minutes behind him . Not one senior woman toed the line - a title was there for the taking.

Track Results from Timaru on November 26 th - (some of these runs are outstanding )

Lauren Becket  (G15 ) - 15.33 (100m )
                                    - 5.23 (1500m )
Kate Meynell (G14 ) - 14.03 (100m )
                                  -2.32 (800m )
Laura Smith  (G15 )-   64.36 (400m )
                                - 2.25 (800m )
Lydia Marshall (W17 ) - 2.24 (800 m )
                                     -5.11 (1500m )

Charles Simpson (B15 ) - 14.31 (100 m)
                                       -57.5 (300m Hurdles)
Brodie Thomas (B15 ) - 12.91 (100m )
                                     - 47.32 (300m Hurdles )
Alex Manton (M19 ) - 2.10.86 (800m )
                                   - 55.4 (400m)
Tannock Blair  ( B15 ) - 2.06 .8 (800m )
                                     - 4.31 (1500m )
Matt Dryden  (M16 ) -  6.47 (2000S/C)
                                   - 10.23 (3000m)
Natalie Dryden (G14 ) - 13.31 (3000m )
Sean Eustace   (B14)  -  4.18 (1500m )
Courteney Ruske  (W17 ) - 14.17 (2000m Walk . 2nd place )
Matt Prest (B14 ) -  17.57 (100m Hurdles )
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irun list of favorite running quotes .

 Some of them will resonate with you , but others seem like 70's running boom hype and others are downright insane (imho). One that isn't there but which I've always remembered from the day I heard him say it, is from John Hellemens (a medical M.D and world ranked triathlete ) .
He said : "If you cannot find time to exercise you will have to find time for illness ".
Another one I like is : "Training is cheating ".
and "If you keep turning up to races you'll eventually win something "~JG of ChCh Avon .
and "most people run their easy days too hard and their hard days too easy " ~JP of ChCh Avon .
and "Every second counts " ~ VG of ChCh Avon.
Tom Birnie never had a serious injury in a long and successful career. He once said :
"If you feel a niggle coming on , just back off a little ".


Scott Bridgman said "calves :  easy to hurt , hard to fix "

I'm a bit opposed to the school of thought that says "never give in " or "never pull out " or "it's better to crawl across the finish line than be carried "etc . My philosophy is that if you weren't fit enough or properly prepared for an event , you shouldn't have started in it .And if you did start in a good humoured way hoping to fluke it but got caught out , well there's no shame in withdrawing and sparing yourself an injury at worst , and an off -putting experience at best .

Of course if you are fit for an event and want to do well in it , there is a place for gutbusting heroics- if you feel the reward is worthy (and this is entirely subjective to the athlete concerned ) .Finish line battles between top athletes who are fit are rarely damaging to them , but give onlookers memorable spectacles of human endurance .Of course if you are very talented and your training is going well , you can win without strain , which is a fine position to be in . Jacques Anquetil was so superior during the 50's  that he often had time to comb his hair and tidy up before crossing the line in Tour de France stages .

As regards training , if you have been a couch potato for years and decide to suddenly get fit , there is no sense in launching into a program beyond your abilities . It is senseless to blame your will power for what your body simply cannot produce . Gradual increase and load progression combined with sensible diet , rest and recovery is the best way . Realistic appraisal of your body type is important too. The best runners are usually slender and always underweight by common standards and generally have long femur -to- trunk ratios .But there are plenty of  good runners who dont fit this mould who optimise their potential through intelligent attention to as many aspects of the sport they can.


"If you miss one day's training , you notice it ; miss two days and everyone does"(GV)

 Age is no barrier but "a good young one will always beat a good old one "

Here is the list: I like the blue ones .

• All it takes is all you got.?--Marc Davis
• "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."  -Juma Ikangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon winner
• "No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes." - Don Kardong
• To dream anything you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. ?To do anything you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. ?To trust yourself to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed. -Bernard Edmonds
• The wind at your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends by your side. - Aaron Douglas Trimble
• “Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”  Dean Karnazes
• Slow and steady wins the race
• " 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'
• "Running releases more than just sweat"-Asics
• “Some people collect stamps – I collect miles”
• Ounces of discipline or Tonnes of regret
• “No pain, no gain”.
• ‘Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.” – Jimmy Carter.
• “My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.” – John Bryant.
• Seven days without running makes one weak
• "success is 10% talent and 90% commitment"
• “To run or not to run” is not the question.  It can only be “When and Where”!
• You will never catch me smoking
• “Pain is temporary”
• "I don't run unless I'm chasing something or something's chasing me....unless I'm wearing my ASICS, then I can run all day"
• "The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." – John Bingham
• "running makes me hot"
• Run Forrest Run
• The pain of discipline is shortlived,but the pain of regret is forever
• Running challenges are what make life interesting, overcoming them is what makes life meaningful!
• “Real athletes run others just play games.”
• You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running. Christopher McDougall - Born to Run (pg 240)
• My sport is your sport’s punishment.
• Pain is temporary.  Pride is forever!
• The greatest stimulator of my running was fear. ?Herb Elliott
• ‘Winners do what losers wont’
• "Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself."
• “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there”-  Will Rogers (American cowboy, comedian and actor in the 1920s and 1930s)
• If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
• Chuck Norris never ran a marathon!
• When out on long runs and by myself I often remember my friend saying ‘think like a tractor’ and that is what I do – just keep those legs turning and I get there in the end!
• "The pain of competing lasts a short time but the pain of not finishing lasts a life time"  - Lance Armstrong
• We are fire inside, we are lipstick and cleats
• We are not going home, we are playing for keeps
• We are girls with skinned knees
• We are concrete and grace
• We are not what you think
• Can't keep us in our place - The Anthem by Superchic[k]
• Running is like sex, its better to do it with others.
• An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. ?Emil Zatopek 

• There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people. – Bill Bowerman
• "You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming."
• “Don’t tell me how good you are, show me”
• “My feet hurt, from kicking so much ass - RUN”
• "The only tactics I admire are do-or-die"
• Don’t step on the foot today that could kick you up the butt tomorrow!
• ”Never back down.”
• “Pain is temporary, Glory is everlasting”
• “Trample the weak, hurdle the dead”!!
• “Success is the result of hard work, learning from failure , loyalty and persistence”.
• If old age is catching up with you, run a little harder.
• The finish line is just over the hill
• don’t stop running the second you stop your walking
• oh no I'm cramping up, excuse me hot volunteer I need CPR because my legs are cramping

•  “Once you get through the 1^st 15 minutes, it wont get any harder
• “The only way to run fast is to run fast”
• It's not age that determines your activity, but  activity  determines your age.
• The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do.
• "The best pace is suicide pace, and today is a good day to die"
• “Every Step/stride I take on a training run will make it easier on the race/event day”
•  "You have a choice. You can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat of your face".
• To run or not to run - what a silly question !!!
• “never going to breaka my stride … Nobodies going to slow me down… oh no”!
• "If you don’t like the conversation, run faster."
• "The will to win is worthless without the will to prepare"
• Pain and tears are temporary, memories last forever.
• If you never try you have failed before even starting.
• “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right” —Henry Ford

•  “You need to forget your last run before you try another. Your mind can't know what lies ahead.”
• 'Winners do what losers wont'
• Everything you wanted to know about yourself, you can learn in 26.2 miles...
• "Smiling is optional, finishing's not"
•   '  I run, I keep my Sanity.  '
• Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
• "If you still look pretty afterwards, you didn't do it right!"
• Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.?Said Aouita
• "DON'T STOP NOW!" "JUST 1 MORE KM..."
• Run For Your Life
• "Make Friends with Pain and you will never be alone"
• "You must have a training routine so that what you do happens automatically.   If I got up in the morning and thought about going for a run there would often be a number of possible arguments against it.  The thing is to get out and run.   Later you can wonder whether you should have or not."Rob de Castella
• "If you are not throwing up or at least feeling sick, you had more in you to give."
• “I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs."?Jesse Owens
• “The only thing the road cares about…is that you pay it a visit once in a while”
• “Run like you stole something”
• “Accept the challenge, so you can enjoy the Victory” – Winston Churchill
• "Veronica and I trying this new fad called uh, jogging. I believe it's jogging or 'yogging.' It might be a soft 'j.' I'm not sure but apparently you just run for an extended period of time. It's supposed to be wild." – Anchorman quote
• “Never  Give Up”
• " Don't walk. People are watching"
• Fear is habit. I am not afraid to run.
• Marathon running is a religon, it takes a lot of belief and sacrifice and gives a lot of people a common goal. It's been around for as long as Christianity but just lacks a definitive text like the Bible, and a clear spiritual leader, but does have 'Lore of Running' by Noakes and the almost divine Deek (Rob de Costella)
• “Life is an occasion, rise to it”
• "Why couldn't Pheidippides have died here?" - Frank Shorter (at around the 20 mile mark of a marathon)
• To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain. Not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.
• "Only think of two things - the gun and the tape. When you hear the first one, just run like hell until you break the other." - Sam Mussabini
• “There is no time to think about how much I hurt, there is only time to run.”
• “If you can’t find the answer after 4 hours of running, you will never find the answer!”
• If you want to run, go run a mile. If you want to experience another life, run a marathon – Emil Zapotek
• "Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye." - Helen Keller
• “The greatest pleasure in life, is doing the things people say we cannot do.” - Walter Bagehot
• "Running is real and relatively simple…but it ain't easy."
• Run Hard. Be Strong. Think Big - Percy Cerutty
• "I'll run at the back with Robbo"
• "The truth is you can always run faster but sometimes the truth hurts."
• “Man who wear ASICS running shoe is in for Fun Run “
• "It gets to a point where it hurts, then it doesn't get any worse. Take another step, take another breath, and keep going".
• “Pain is weakness leaving your body”
•   “Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you travelled from where you started”
• "I just wish people would realise that anything is possible if you try. Dreams are made if people try"
• "Running is a way of life for me, just like brushing my teeth.  It I don’t run for a few days, I feel as if something’s been stolen from me." – John A. Kelley
• " Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions; but you really climb for the hell of it. ''
• " You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. " Michael Jordon
• " It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of challenges, and I believe in myself. " Muhammad Ali
• "One foot after the other."
• “Running is simple.  Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot” – Pat Scammell
• “Are we there yet”
• "Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." -Oprah Winfrey
• “DIG IT IN!”
• "You had better start sledging me now because by the end of the run you will have no breath left."
• “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice a gift” Steve Prefontaine
• “Every step counts”
• “ Its only about 8k”
• “my running keeps me sane, it’s a mental space that nothing else can fill ”
• You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you are no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't just a means to an an end but a unique event in itself.
• "The pain of discipline is much easier to bear than the pain of regret'
• I think I can, I think I can.
• "If it is to be, it is up to me." – Ron Grant
• DONT WAIT FOR ME .
• “Forward motion is always good”
• Just keep running! Just keep running! no matter what don't stop!
• "I CALL IT JOGGIN'...SHE CALLS IT RUNNIN' AROUND"
• Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it - Steve Prefontaine
• "You can never run too slow"
• “You have good days and bad days.  Today was a good day” – Haile Gebrselassie after breaking the marathon world record.
• "I own ten pairs of runners; one for each day of the week."
• "My Mama always said you got to put the past behind you before you can move on. And I think that's what my running was all about. I had run for three years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours" – Forrest Gump
• “Tough times don’t last but tough people do.”  - George Sheehan
• "To a runner, a side stich is like a car alarm. It signifies something is wrong, but you ignore it until it goes away."
• "When running, look down but keep your head up."
• "Run Forest, Run! But can a Forest run if it has wood?"
• "Hills are your friend" by Gerard Hackwill.
• Got to be in it to win it.
• “The miracle isn’t that I finished.  The miracle is that I had the COURAGE to start”.
• Some people break records, and some people beat them mercilessly into submission. – anonymous
• “Jogging is very beneficial.  It's good for your legs and your feet.  It's also very good for the ground.  It makes it feel needed.”  ~Charles Schulz, created Peanuts comic strip
• "Run with your heart" Dean Karnazes
• "4 more K's to go, come on, you can do it"
• "Run like you're being chased"
• "its the journey (not reaching the destination) that brings true fulfilment"  from Dean Karnazes
• There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.
• “Pain is temporary.  It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.  If I quit, however, it lasts forever”. – Lance Armstrong
• 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 
• i run now, because i can't run when i'm dead.
• "Perseverance is not a long race. It is many short races, one after the other."
• “No gadgets, No games, just Run”
• "someone busier than you is running right now"
• "The secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative, stay smiling and keep running." - Fauja Singh, world's oldest marathon runner.
• "Hills are your friends"
• I run, therefore I am
• You're only as fast as your last beer....
• 'Find the comfort within the discomfort '
• Never give up.
• Run to live and live to run
• From Run Fatboy Run:
• It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.
• 'are you running from something or are you running towards a goal'
• 'Running is not a "rational" activity - it's an affair of the spirit'
• "ultra running does not develop character, it reveals it"
• " Light and easy"
• It's a long hard road, but they ain't seen nothing yet! – Albert Johnson
• "May the wind always be at your back"
• Run like you've stolen something
• "I run because I can!"
• i remember chatting with Rob de Castella in a group of people and someone asked Rob how he managed to know where his fitness was at.  His reply - " when people came up to me and said i was looking great I knew i was not where i needed to be  - When they came up and said - Rob you're looking a bit drawn and under weight i knew I was on track " – John Brien
• "it's not bragging - if you've done it"
• "Remember, the most important thing after choosing the right running shoe is ... choosing the left one."
• “Run yourself ugly”
• 'if you keep running the pain will go away'
• "Stop when your legs say so not your head!"
• ....the pain will go away when you finish your run, so run faster and the so the pain goes away faster
• People ask me why I run so fast ? - I say - What do you do when you hear a gun?
• " Time Wounds all Heels "
• I am 76yrs of age & run the 10km, City to Surf etc, for my age I pass many younger runners & as I pass I say " Surely you aren't going to let a 76yr old beat you" this invariably causes some mirth, but above all a speedy recovery sprint, so that I seldom see that runner again. Allan Howard
• People ask me why I run marathons.....I tell them I do it for the T-shirt.
• "learn to run, and you'll always have time to exercise" 
• The hardest part is getting out of bed
• " The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible"
• “The long run puts the tiger in the cat.”
• "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
• I earn my chocolate 1 step at a time
• Whilst I am able, I will run!
• 'All pain will come to an end' Craig Alexander 3 x World Iron-man Champ  
• It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop
• Life's short. Just do it. 
• "Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional"
• “Life is not a Rehearsal”
• "Nothing gets in the way of my workout. NOTHING!" – Rob de Castella
• " If your talking, your walking!"
• life's too short to walk; so leg it
• “PMA all the way”  Positive, Mental attitude.
• What ever it takes
• "Why walk when you can run"
• Don't give up now!
• "Go hard or go home!"
• Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them. Viktor E. Frankl
•  I thought bugger the silver, I’m going for gold! – Andrew Lloyd
• "If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. ... how slow you go, you're still lapping everybody on the couch.
• Even when you are coming last you are still in front of the person at home on the couch.
• "Train....don't complain!"
• Run to improve your life for the health and fitness, and you'll soon forevermore live to run.   Ah, pure addiction!     
• Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle when the sun comes up you'd better be running.(But, unless you're a runner, you won't understand.)
• “Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you travelled from where you started.”
• Running is a road to self-awareness and self-reliance.  You can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the Earth spin beneath your feet, but when you are through, exhilirated and exhausted, at least for a moment, everything seems right with the world. 
• If you can run 5km, you can run 10km If you can run 10 km, you can do a half. But just because you can run a half, doesn’t mean you can do a full.
• The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister (before womens events ?)
• I can't imagine living and not running – Paula Radcliffe.
•  Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative. Pre
• "A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more."- Steve Prefontaine
• Daughter: Where's Dad? Mother:He's out running Daughter: From what?

• "What a great day for the race" What race? Of course he was implying the human race- sooo positive.
• 'Within you is the divine capacity to manifest and attract all that you desire' 
• Run like hell and get the agony over with.
• "The challenge of ultrarunning is 90 percent mental, and the other 10 percent is all in our heads" - Ray Zahab.
• “Run like a girl” – Lorna Jane
• It’s never too late to be what you might have been.
• “ Are we there yet?”
• “Just put one foot in front of the other and remember to breath”  - my sister.
• "I often hear someone say I'm not a real runner. We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner." (Bart Yasso )
• “Run and Run till you burn what needs to be burnt”
• To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain. not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.
• "We were once the greatest endurance runners on earth. We didn’t have fangs, claws, strength or speed, but the springiness of our legs and our unrivalled ability to cool our bodies by sweating rather than panting enabled humans to chase prey until it dropped from heat exhaustion. Some speculate that collaboration on such hunts led to language, then shared technology. Running arguably made us the masters of the world."
• "I run to remember those who can't"
• “Pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity”. Michael Johnson.
• There's no pain until after the race is run.
• A lot of people run a race to see who’s the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts. - Steve Prefontaine
• "Long after the crowd had left and the cameras had moved, a lone runner entered the stadium to complete the 26-mile-long marathon in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Injured earlier in the race during a fall, he stumbled along, more than an hour after the others had finished. Hurling himself to the finish line, John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania finished dead last. But before you judge him as a loser, take careful heed of the words he uttered when asked why he did not quit earlier when he had been injured:

 "My country did not send me 7,000 miles to start the race. They sent me 7,000 miles to finish it."

• "What matters is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
• The race is not always to the fastest but to those who keep running.
• "Life is short... running makes it seem longer."
• "Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'"
• “I just felt like running, then after that I couldn’t stop”
• "You can complete a marathon only if you pace and plan your run to perfection" 
• "Think ...finish race first, time second"
• "Whether I am throwing chains on my Asics for a snow run in the swiss alps at university, or out for a beach run in the burning sunshine on the Gold Coast at home... Running is a mental sport...and we're all insane... its an addiction... and i LOVE it! "
• Running is like banging your head against a brick wall.  It feels so good when you stop.
• "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things bought together". – Vincent van Gogh
• 'A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication!  It's a tough formula.  Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometre after kilometre.' – Rob de Castella
• "You know you're a runner when you can blow your nose without losing stride!"
• "You can never run too slow"
• "cross country philosophy - the faster you run the faster you're done"
• We all have dreams.  But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort. – Jesse Owens
• "It's not the mountain we conquer-but ourselves." - Sir Edmund Hillary
• “Believe in Yourself. Never, never Give Up. Reach Higher. Don’t stop.”
• Running.  Cheaper than therapy and twice as effective.
• Set a goal and DO IT!!!
• “Success simply means getting up one more time than you fall”
• “If you can believe, you will definitely know how to achieve.”  Sri Chinmoy.
• "RUN WITH VISION"
• "Less You Moving.  More Tired You Are"
• If you say you can’t, you won’t …If you say you may, you might …If you say you can, you will …
• It is far more important than life or death. This is my PB, we are talking about!
• “The mind is the athlete; the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder or box better” - Adapted from Bruce Courtney, The Power of One
• If you think you're losing, you've lost. For out in the world we find - Success begins with a persons will.
• Take running in your stride
• "For some of us, running is as crucial as breathing!"
• Favorite running quote "Men who run are more fun :D"
• Running is not a fashion statement.  Don’t suck your tummy in, let it all hang out.
• “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people” - Bill Bowerman.