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NAVIGATION
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Blogging
If you feel like seeing some random thoughts througout the year related to my daily running and to running in general, take a gander at my 26.2 Blog that I have been experimenting with. It is nothing exciting from a layout perspective and may not be anything exciting from a content perspective  but it is what it is! Click on this link to go to 26.2 Blog
Last year I also started a blog while preparing for my first 100 mile run, the Umstead 100. I didn't write as much as I would have liked but some of the entries provide some insight in the effort of mind and body to attempt it. In the end, I tried yet failed and completed only 50 miles. When I tell non-runners this, they turn their head slightly like a dog trying to understand your words or gestures and say "ONLY 50 miles?" If you care to read click here.
Charities
 25:40 - Dana Casanave running 52 marathons in 52 weeks for children in South Africa with HIV/AIDS
World Vision
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties
Homefront
Monmouth County SPCA |
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A Running Journey
written by Adam Lasnik on August 29, 1995
(143)
Just when you think
That all is done
Or finished...
You've run the course, passed the markers
And watched with hidden concern
The other runners passed ahead and behind
Some whom you left behind gladly
Others... you wonder... why don't they look back?Without intending, you've curved around
Returned not to the start...
But rather crossing places and people you've seen
They seem different now, perhaps because they are
Or you are.
Familiarity reminds, refreshes, teaches...
And while running backwards to relive a moment isn't an option,
Intersecting is, in contrast, not only an option, but a necessity
For if we never look back... never cross a path once traced
We miss places, faces... that should not be missed.
To run constantly forward without looking back...
Or to stop running so as to avoid uncertainty ahead...
One is stubborn and unwise
The other, foolish and cowardly.
The answer, then, is to run with reflection and determination.
Not necessarily upon the straightest path...
Nor the path with the clearest markers,
But rather, upon the path that matters.
Only then can you be content, knowing that your travels were done
Not for the destination, but the journey.
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You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.
You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish, if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN |
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In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better.
The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends oneself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
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This is one question that most runners don't have to ask. However, if they do, the stream of thought can be endless, philosophical, insightful, intriging, unique, and as special as any given run. Being runners, we understand why we run - how we feel when we don't run - what we run for. Non-runners ask this question of runners more than runners ask it of themselves.
This running site is not devoted to training, calendars, gear, or news. It attempts to get into the mind, heart and soul of the runner - to explore the thought processes, the motivations, the philsophy of running. It attempts to provide insight through running experiences - insight into running lives as well as what we have learned about ourselves through running. They can be simple thoughts or sensory observations like the smell of honeysuckle on a fresh late spring day. They can be complex thoughts solving the problems of the world or at least the logistics of getting the kids to their activities. In every respect they are still Runner's Thoughts and they are as diverse and quirky as our running styles. These thoughts don't have to come during runs. They can be thoughts about running at any time in any way, shape or form.
George Sheehan wrote a profound response to this question that was published in the November 2003 issue of Runner's World http://www.georgesheehan.com/essays/essay24.html. Dr. Sheehan was one of the greatest philosophers of running ever to write about the personal reflections of the sport. Every runner should know who he is, read what he has written, and ponder his thoughts on running as well as life.
I spend time on Runner's World Forums because I love the running community and love to read, talk and write about running. There are many wonderful stories told by people in these forums that inspire, motivate and answer the "Why Run" question. There was a post recently that touched and inspired so many of us, beginners and experienced runners alike. It was by a gentleman named Steve (aka oldmanrunner) who was taking in (lurking as Steve put it) the forums. He decided to write his first entry and here it is unedited. http://www.runnersthoughts.com/oldmanrunner.htm
It is inevitable, at some point, that we will need motivation for our running. It might be to get through the intense training regimen of a marathon or finishing our first 5K race. It just might be to take the first steps out the door on a cold winter morning or the first steps from a sedentary lifestyle. The mission of this site is to provide motivation for running, to explore the thoughts of running and to share running experiences. There have been many great writers of the running experience and the motivations of running - too numerous to mention here except for the links provided. It is not to replace their thoughts - to the contrary, it is to supplement their experiences with the experiences of ordinary runners.
This site is intended for commonplace runners (beginner to elite) who want to share their running experiences, thoughts and motivations that sometimes get bottled up in their runs and only explored during their runs. Many runners are budding writers wanting to share their thoughts for the love of the sport. They want to share tips, observations, and the joy running brings to their lives. The intention here is to publish, informally, any writings that other runners want to share and of course, to share my own.
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