"Run like hell and get the agony over with."
Our sport is agony. Cross country races are comprised of screaming muscles, gasping for air, and using every last ounce of your willpower not to just walk off the course halfway through. Yet, we come to practice every day and train ourselves to grow accustomed to this pain. We want to feel that pain again, consciously or not. We want to feel it so that we can run faster, better, stronger.
Some people call us crazy masochists. I think we all just love the challenge of running- it's hard and you can never, ever be perfect. There's always something more to strive for.
I'm getting a little off-track here, though. Back to the quote.
"Run like hell and get the agony over with."
During a race, there are moments- a lot of them- where you want to slow down because you don't think you can keep up with the runner ahead of you, or because you feel like absolute shit and you honestly think you can't go any faster. But as the quote says, the faster you run, the faster you'll feel normal again. Why not give it your all? Ask yourself which feels better afterwards: finishing and feeling exhausted, but wishing you'd run just a little faster? Or finishing and feeling like you're going to collapse and die but knowing that you just ran an amazing, fantastic race that you fought for every second?
Remember, you can breathe comfortably... AFTER you finish.
Aaand that's my inspiration for everyone today. :)
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