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The Dancing Tortoise
It's not slow and steady wins the race, but slow and steady keeps you on the right course, because there is no race.
The victory of each run, the victory of each race, has nothing to do with winning or losing. It has nothing to do with finishing a run or a race that truly shouldn’t be finished. It has to do with learning how to be who you honestly are, at every moment. —John Bingham
Randy L. Thurman • One More Step the 638 Best Quotes for the Runner: Motivation for the Next Step!
To every thing there is a season—a time to run fast, and a time to run slow and relaxed.
Amby Burfoot • Run Forever: Your Complete Guide to Healthy Lifetime Running
This story illustrates a facet I find unique to ultrarunning: that you can be very competitive or not competitive at all. Unlike in some other sports, the thing that gets you through an endurance event may not be the podium or a first-place medal. Sometimes it is beating your best friend or a mentor you’ve looked up to forever. Sometimes it is simp
... See moreKoerner Hal • Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon, from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond
When everyone takes the fast option, the advantage of going fast vanishes, forcing us to go faster still.
