Remember the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running. – Sarah Condor
"Running is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going."
— Unknown
"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
— George S Patton
"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it."
— Oprah Winfrey
"Some sessions are stars and some are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them."
— Chrissie Wellington
Don't dream of winning, train for it!" — Mo Farah, Olympic long-distance runner
Running is alone time that lets my brain unspool the tangles that build up over days...I run, pound it out on the pavement, channel that energy into my legs, and when I'm done with my run, I'm done with it." — Rob Haneisen, runner
"I run because I can. When I get tired, I remember those who can't run, what they would give to have this simple gift I take for granted, and I run harder for them. I know they would do the same for me." — Unknown
"Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable." — Kara Goucher, Olympic long-distance runner
A good laugh and a long run are the two best cures for anything." —Unknown
Nothing, not even pain, lasts forever. If I can just keep putting one foot in front of the other, I will eventually get to the end." —Kim Cowart, runner and journalist
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Cross Country
RandomThis is the Cross Country rule book. It's full of funny stories and rules that my team and I have made up. It should be full of laughs and maybe in a couple of years tears too.
