Running mantras?

SoleSister1234
SoleSister1234 Posts: 16 Member
edited November 25 in Fitness and Exercise
What are your favorite running mantras? This morning, I found myself saying: "I am inspired by the sunrise; I am inspired by me!" One of my all-time faves is, "Slow and steady wins the race!"

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  • amykay9377
    amykay9377 Posts: 98 Member
    They aren't really mantras, but I do favor a cadence of "MotherF^*&er" when it's really hard, and just recently I had to tell myself, "You sat through <all the grinding to get> crowns, you can get over this hill!"
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    edited October 2015
    comeoncomeoncomeoncomondontstopcomeoncomeon
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    During my marathon I probably repeated 'My knee is strong because I am strong' in my head like 1,800 times.

    Context: I had a knee injury (unknown cause) out of the blue 1 month before my marathon and I had to take 2 weeks off from any exercise so I wasn't sure I'd be able to run it.
  • Virkati
    Virkati Posts: 679 Member
    Last night, for the first time, I had a mantra...dontstopdontstopdontstopdontstopdontstopdontstop...all the way around Washington Park. And it was the first time I made it all the way without stopping! 2.62 miles. They weren't fast, only 4.5 mph, but I never stopped. Told myself I could slow down, but DO NOT STOP. Going to do it again tomorrow!
  • queenofpuppies
    queenofpuppies Posts: 189 Member
    edited October 2015
    I like to distract myself with affirmation ABC's. You say, or think, one good quality about yourself for each letter...I am ambitious, I am bold, I am caring, I am dependable etc.
  • ald783
    ald783 Posts: 688 Member
    "Eventually this run will be over and I won't have to do this godforsaken activity for at least another 24 hours"
  • patrikc333
    patrikc333 Posts: 436 Member
    "there is a pizza waiting for me, time to earn it"
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    i should also mention that there is a lot of swearing going on in my head
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    edited October 2015
    Not so much mantras as reminders...

    If on a mountain trail and becoming distracted (which leads to trips and falls): Focus, Mike, focus. Repeat as necessary.

    In the city, I might remind myself short steps, short steps on a steeper hill to keep cadence up. Sometimes I visualize rolling my feet over rollin' rollin' rollin' much the same way I visualize spinning on a bike, to remind myself to smooth out my footfalls.

    Anywhere: if I spot another runner ahead of me, headed in the same direction, and I'm not doing a speed workout, I remind myself "don't chase the rabbit" or "run your pace".

    Sometimes I have to tell my dog that when there are real rabbits.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Left, left, left right left.
    Left, left, left right left
    If I die on a Russian Front, bury me with a Russian ...
    If I die in a Chinese war, bury me with a Chinese ...
    Tell my girl that I did my best
    Globe and anchor on my chest
    left righta left
    left righta left.
    I don't know but I've been told
    Sargeant Intructor's gettin old
    I don't know but I hear tell
    He's going to run us into Hell
    Left righta left
    Left righta left

    Really makes sense with 60 or so of your friends sounding off in cadence at zero dark thirty. Any other old schoolers out there?
  • deluxmary2000
    deluxmary2000 Posts: 981 Member
    I can't say - I would get flagged due to all the curse words :(
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