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Are you a Newbie Runner looking for inspiration and motivation to start?
This is a series on motivation I wrote for a friend who was just starting out. Maybe this will help you too.

• Every Accomplishment Starts with the Decision to Try
• The Hardest Part of Any Journey is the First Step
• Just Keep Swimming

Some of my Favorite Quotes

• “Part of getting faster is not letting fear or your mind hold you back.” – Tammy Campbell, one of the girls running with the fastest pace groups at Get Fit Atlanta.
• “My Body has the power. My Mind has the Will”
• “I know I can. Therefore I will”
• “Never Limit your Challenges. Challenge your Limits.”
• “Just do it”– Nike
• “Do or do not, there is no try”– Master Jedi Yoda
• “No matter how fast, or how slow, crossing that finish line will change your life FOREVER!!!” – The Spirit of the Marathon (one of my fav movies)
• “There is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving”
• “The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start”. – John ‘The Penguin’ Bingham. (One that I remind myself after every endurance race)
• “Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up”. –  Dean Karnazes
• If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far. It doesn’t matter if today is your first day or if you’ve been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run. –  John Bingham

• “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up you’d better be running.”
• “Running is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the harsh reality of his physical and spiritual limitations when he runs. He learns that personal commitment, sacrifice and determination are his only means to betterment. Runners get promoted only through self-conquest.” -Noel Coward, English playwright, composer, and actor
• “People can’t understand why a man runs. They don’t see any sport in it. Argue it lacks the sight and thrill of body contact. Yet, the conflict is there, more raw and challenging than any man versus man competition. For in running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability, with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions.” -Glenn Cunningham – American runner, Olympic Games medalist

Some of my Favorite Visuals (so much easier to read than lines and lines of text!)

I found this on etsy and fell in love!