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26.2 Inspirational Quotes for Running a Marathon When You’re Not Excited About It

  • Kerrie

inspirational quotes for marathon training

This is the post where I try to give myself a better attitude about running a marathon tomorrow. I might write these on my arms tonight.

1. “Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.” –Lauren Fleshman

26.2 Motivational Quote for Your Next Race | Mom vs. Marathon
Kim and me at the start of the See Jane Run Seattle 5K in 2014. This was one of the most fun times I’ve ever had racing. We both got 2nd in our age groups.

2. “Eventually, you learn the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.” –George Sheehan

3. “Your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life is.” –Kara Goucher

4. “Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” – Dean Karnazes

5. “There will come a day when I can no longer run. Today is not that day.” –Unknown

6. “There will be days when I don’t know if I can run a marathon. There will be a lifetime knowing that I have.” –Unknown

26.2 Motivational Quotes for Your Next Race | Mom vs. Marathon
Zoë and me running our first marathon together in 2011. I’ll be wearing the same shirt tomorrow…and socks!

7. “The biggest mistake an athlete can make is to be afraid of making one.” –L. Ron Hubbard

8. “Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you’re young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don’t let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.” –John Bingham

9. “I have met my hero, and he is me.” -George Sheehan

10. “Nothing is more certain than the defeat of a man who gives up.” –George Sheehan

11. “I always thought of running as just dancing forward.” –Tom Hiddleston

12. “Make each day your masterpiece.” –John Wooden

13. “You must expect great things from yourself before you can do them.” –Michael Jordan

26.2 Motivational Quotes for Your Next Race | Mom vs. Marathon
That time I PR’d and won 2nd in my age group at a 5K in the pouring rain.

14. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” –Beverly Sills

15. “If you want to win something, run 100 meters…if you want to experience something, run a marathon.” –Emil Zatopek

16. “A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.” –Pre

17. “You have to wonder at times what you’re doing out there. Over the years, I’ve given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.” –Pre

18. “The greatest pleasure in life is doing the things people say we cannot do.” –Walter Bagehot (Me: Even when “people” is yourself.)

19. “Mind is everything: muscle—pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.” –Paavo Nurmi

20. “Good judgment is the result of experience. Experience is the result of bad judgment.” –Mark Twain

21. “Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have nature and that is much better.” –Juha Vaatainen

26.2 Motivational Quotes for Your NExt Race | Mom vs. Marathon
My first Rainier to Ruston relay.

22. “Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” –Marilyn vos Savant

23. “The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.” –Baron de Coubertin

24. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” – Muhammad Ali

25. “Running is a big question mark that’s there each and every day. It asks you, ‘Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?’” –Peter Maher

26. “Perfect preparation doesn’t exist. Excellent adaptation does.” –Lauren Fleshman

Motivational Quotes for Marathon | Mom vs. Marathon
Me with my husband and son after my first marathon.

.2: “Moms are awesome.” –my son

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