Lisa's Nike Women's Half Marathon 2013
October 20, 2013 | 13.1 Miles | San Francisco
“Running is real and relatively simple…but it ain't easy.”
-Mark Will-Weber
“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 it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”
-Christopher McDougall
“People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness... There is a magic in misery. Just ask any runner.”
-Dean Karnazes
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
-Haruki Murakami
“There is no time to think about how much I hurt; there is only time to run.”
-Ben Logsdon
“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”
-Dean Karnazes
“What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.”
-James Dyson
“Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.”
-Usain Bolt
"Winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself.”
-Meb Keflezighi