Lauren Fleshman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Running #Simple #Desire
Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Discipline #Train
Running is not who I am; it's something I do; it's something I love.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Running #Who I Am
Perfect preparation doesnâ€™t exist. Excellent adaptation does.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Perfect #Preparation #Doe
I learned a long time ago that the last thing any woman should be thinking about is being 'skinny' or 'thin.' To me, those words imply weakness, fragility, the inability to stand firm in a storm. If you want to change your body, aim for 'athletic.' An athletic body is healthy, strong, and built to thrive. An athletic body can take many shapes.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Strong #Thinking #Long
When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Moving #Memorable #Heart
I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to do something extraordinary.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Passion #May #Fields
When you recognize that failing doesn't make you a failure, you give yourself permission to try all sorts of things.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Giving #Trying #Failing
Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds of the heart. Sometimes a workout sets you free.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Workout #Pain #Heart
The injured runner is like a recent amputee victim, continually forgetting that the limb isn't there, crestfallen at each realization. What we need more than anything is a suitable prosthetic and an attitude adjustment.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Attitude #Amputees #Needs
The Pre highlighted things I needed to tweak. I'm glad I ran there and found the things I needed to tweak and didn't find those things out here.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Found #Tweak #Needed
By lifting each other up we lift ourselves up
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Lifting
Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Race #Playgrounds #Prove
Iâ€™ll never forget the first time I ran with a group of Kenyan women in 2004... The first mile was way slower than my typical run to the point where I was looking around thinking, â€œAre they for real? These are the fastest women in the world?â€ But by mile 5 we were buzzing along, mile six I was hitting the gas, and mile seven I was hanging on for dear life.
-- Lauren Fleshman

#Running #Real #Thinking

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