ignore the negative
Similar poster with the same quote on my wall. So when I wake up I see it :)
- what i say: i hate running
- what i mean: i dont love running. i adore it. i could never go a day without it or thinking about it. there is nothing more exciting that pr-ing, getting new running shoes or your coach telling you you had a good race. i love the adrenaline of the starting and finishing stretch and the agony and and inner competition myself in the middle of the race. there is nothing more beautiful to me than a sports bra tanline and having a headband that is strictly 'your running headband'. i take pride in my tattered feet. i take pride in the amount of water i drink. and i take pride in the fact that i am making myself proud everyday that i wake up early, lace up my shoes, and get lost in the run.
Don’t wish you were better
Work to be better^^^^
"My coach once said that everyone has good runs and bad runs. Good days and bad days. So we must learn to enjoy the good runs, and use that to push us through the bad ones."
— (via trackaholicsanonymous)
collegiates spike’d up.
"In football, you might get your bell rung, but you go in with the expectation that you might get hurt, and you hope to win and come out unscathed. As a distance runner, you know you’re going to get your bell rung. Distance runners are experts at pain, discomfort, and fear. You’re not coming away feeling good. It’s a matter of how much pain you can deal with on those days. It’s not a strategy. It’s just a callusing of the mind and body to deal with discomfort. Any serious runner bounces back. That’s the nature of their game. Taking pain."
— Chris Lear - Running with the Buffaloes (via adistancerunner)
