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“What the jogger’s face shows is not boredom but contemplation, which Thomas Aquinas described as man’s highest activity save one—contemplation plus putting the fruits of that contemplation into action.”
― The Essential Sheehan: A Lifetime of Running Wisdom from the Legendary Dr. George Sheehan
― The Essential Sheehan: A Lifetime of Running Wisdom from the Legendary Dr. George Sheehan
“It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not
to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is
against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.”
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to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is
against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.”
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“I just run. I run in void. Or maybe I should put it the other way: I run in order to acquire a void.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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