We all spend our lives running but mostly we are unaware of just how much running we actually do. We run to buy ice-creams and treats when we are kids. We run for the bus or the tram. We run to school. We run away from scary things and bullies. We run and hide when we’re in trouble. We run to our Mums when we need comfort. Relationships we run into and just as quickly sprint away from. We run around trying to please our boss and some of us spend half our lives running around in an effort to keep our partners happy. And as we age we run less when we should be running more. We don’t grow old. We grow lazy. Run for your life. Because there really is no finish line.
“To know and not do is really not to know at all.” Zen/Mind
“I travelled the world looking for adventure but now I
find more adventure in my daily run.” John Wilson
“In marathon running, Pain is inevitable. Suffering i
optional.” Unknown
“In Zen, everything is in the doing, not in the
contemplating. Run mindlessly.” Unknown
“Can you hear that which is close and that which is far? Can you feel the breeze? I think to myself, ‘this is the only time I will feel this sun and this is the only time I will feel this breeze’. And I keep running.” Unknown
“I run in order to find calm or to find a void. To avoid noise . Avoid people. Avoid decisions.
Avoid music. I run to watch clouds .To watch birds. To see water and trees. So I keep running in my own cozy, warm, home-made void. In my own nostalgic silence. And all this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anyone says.” John Wilson (Possibly me or unknown)
“The single most important thing in a marathon race, and this applies equally to life, is the pace. One has to find the maximum pace which can be sustained to the finish.” - John A Wilson
“A runner would give up his best friend before giving up running. To give up running is inconceivable.” Unknown
“I ran away from things my whole life. I ran away from school. I ran away from jobs. I ran away from girlfriends. I ran away from home and my family. Then I literally started to RUN. Now I am happy and I’m not sure why but it is all to do with running.” - John A Wilson
“Men, it is said, live together but die alone. Marathoners live alone but die together. In that shared agony, we can reveal ourselves to each other.” Unknown
“There is a metaphysical lawlessness about running.” Unknown
“We runners are completely happy doing something that would drive other people crazy.” “Running: the simplicity is perfection. The most natural thing in the world.”
“For the runner, less is better. His needs are little, his wants few. One friend, few clothes, a meal now and then, some change in his pocket, and for enjoyment, his thoughts and the elements.” Dr John Sheehan
“The human body is a very smart machine. It will adapt very quickly to a one -hour- per day training regime all by itself.” Dr John Sheehan
“Long distance running creates moments when body and mind fuse in pure joy. And it happens every day.”
“Run mindlessly. The minutes fly, kilometres drift away. Sixteen kilometres (10 miles) is completed. Nothing to it except a steady pace and easy breathing. The body leads and your mind follows.
“And something very strange, even surreal, happens close to the 35km mark in the marathon. Reserves are almost spent. You are almost praying for help. Your body has given in and your mind is collapsing…only seven kms to survive …and you find yourself running harder, straining more. No relief is asked for and no quarter given. This is the beauty of the marathon. Dr John Sheehan MD
“ A long distance run…oh the Purity…oh the Power …oh the Peace.” - John A Wilson
“If you want to reach the finish line in the 42+km marathon, you have to do the training. The hot, hard, hilly training or else you simply don’t make it. The training is more important than the race. When you stand on the starting line, you have to “know” that the race is yours, that there is no doubt you will make it.” John A Wilson
“Training allows us to get in touch with nature, with our creativity, with our intuition. But the race strips us bare. The race forces us to push ourselves to the absolute limit and then way beyond it. After the marathon, a runner can sit and cry with happiness that he did it. He did his best. And then comes that marvelous calm because you know you endured the brutal, painful effort. Whatever your race time, you have won that battle.”
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