Ultrarunning Quote of the Month

When I first started my MMT journey I was given a piece of advice. I was told that before I start at 4 a.m. Saturday morning I need to have the answer to the question, "How do I want to feel Tuesday morning?"

As I sit here today welling up with emotion I finally know what Gary Knipling was trying to tell me. I may have been alive for over 40 years but it wasn't until this past Saturday that I truly understood living.

So how do I feel on this Tuesday? I feel humbled. Humbled with the knowledge that I ever limited what I believed I was capable of achieving. Humbled that so many would selflessly give to help others. Humbled that I first thought the answer to the question was to feel proud. Humbled that this simple body and mind did what I asked of them.

~ Shelly Cable, 2014 MMT100 finisher

 

Quote of the Month

“It might sound cliché, but I live for those few steps on the trail—sometimes just 100 of them, sometimes more—where everything just falls into a rhythm. No other sport takes me to that peaceful, strong place of being.” ~ Beverley Anderson-Abbs

- from an interview with Meghan M. Hicks on irunfar.com

My New Favorite Ultra Quote

It was the moment in an ultramarathon that I have learned to live for, to love. It was that time when everything seems hopeless, when to go on seems futile, and when a small act of kindness, another step, a sip of water, can make you realize that nothing is futile, that going on -- especially when going on seems so foolish -- is the most meaningful thing in the world.

~Scott Jurek, Eat and Run