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2009-08-10 5:01 PM

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Subject: Don't be this person.

A quote from a Sports Illistrated article.

"I was once a good runner. Not Olympic/NCAA good, but better-than-most-road racers good. I ran 32:50 for 10K and 50:59 for 15K and several times tried training for a marathon, but on each occasion got injured. This was 25 years ago. Now I have arthritis in one knee and can't run much, so I ride a bike. I have covered many Boston Marathons, but never ran it. I wish I had. I wish I had just sucked it up, qualified, and run it once relatively slowly, even in the years long after my prime."

-Tim Layden





Edited by x_caliber50 2009-08-10 5:01 PM

2009-08-10 5:10 PM
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great  story.  I ran Boston this past year and was horribly dissapointed w/ my time, about 45mins off from my training.  This helped put it in perspective for me ...so thanks for that.  Getting into tris this summer has too because they are so much fun. I'm reminded it's about getting out there and living life instead of sitting on the sidelines ...the journey not just the destination.
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