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  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
    Love it!!!

    My fave is: "Bloated, PMSing and creating enemies everywhere you go? JFR (alone)"
  • Cheval13
    Cheval13 Posts: 350 Member
    Love it too!
  • RunConquerCelebrate
    RunConquerCelebrate Posts: 956 Member
    Love it!!!
  • davemunger
    davemunger Posts: 1,139 Member
    A friend of mine has a similar mantra: JITFO.

    He got it while running the Boston Marathon in 2012 (the infamous hot year). Here is a guy who was dreaming of running Boston for years, *finally* qualifies, and then runs the race in 88-degree heat. By Mile 15 or so it was a death march.

    As he was limping along towards the finish, one of the spectators yelled at him: "This is the Boston F***ing Marathon! Jog it the f*** out!"

    He did manage to finish, stumbling across the line in a daze after repeatedly having to stop and sit down during the final half-mile. But of course he now has a new mission -- to actually *run* the entire race!

    And so JITFO became his mantra for the next two years as he tried to re-qualify. He finally did qualify for the 2014 marathon, only to be shut out of registration because his qualifying time wasn't quite fast enough (runners who qualified by less than 98 seconds were shut out of registration). He will be running in 2014 -- but only if he can raise $10,000 for charity.

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