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Jeff Baker M.D.'s avatar

Greaat Quotes! Two others I've always liked:

"Pain is the feeling you get when weakness is draining out of your body." -author unknown, but haven't we all said it as an affirmation at one time or another?

On the Ironman: “Its like being in a bad car wreck. They put you in the hospital and glue you back together. You spend a whole year recovering. Your bones mend, the stitches heal and then some guy comes up and tells you you’re going to have the same accident tomorrow.”

-Scott Tinley, his “Race Day minus One.” lecture at Ironman Kona 92’ (I was there. This line got both groans and laughs).

Lastly, loved the post finish with a quote from Walt, a self-proclaimed 'plodder' and a real 'how to age up' icon.

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Emily22's avatar

In my own amateur experience, I often carried on by telling myself:

“When something hurts while racing just wait a minute….and something else will hurt more!”

Silly, but it did remind me none of it, the ecstatic or the tough, would last forever.

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