Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Dean Karnazes, author, all-night runner, superhuman

Inspiration on a Tuesday night.


From Ultramarathon Man:

All I need to do is to run from here to there. No ambiguity about it.

"We are at home in our games because it is the only place we know what we are supposed to do." Albert Camus

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, will stand a tiptoe above all others. Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did this day. The story shall the good man teach his son, and forever in their flowing cups will it be remembered; from this day to the ending of the world!" -Henry V

I'd simply put one foot in front of the other and not stop until the finish line. Hopefully.

"What counts in battle is what you do when the pain sets in." - John Short

Celebrate the pain.

"His place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." -Teddy Roosevelt

People who've let their own dreams die become pessimists and cynics.

"Bid me run and I will strive with things impossible." - Shakespeare, Julius Ceasar

If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.


From RUN:

We are all living in cages, with the door wide open.

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