It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.
We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.
There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.
Life is a series of hard and easy runs.
Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.
I double-knot my shoe laces. It's a pain untying your shoes afterward-particularly if you get them wet-but so is stopping in the middle of a race to tie them.