Tri Swim Coach – Inspirational Stories from Non-Swimmer Triathletes (Part 1)

Tri Swim Coach podcast on Inspirational Stories from Non-Swimmer Triathletes (Part 1). Sign up for the Tri Swim Coach newsletter at www.triswimcoachonline.com for 5 online swim lessons geared towards triathlon swimming.

Man with no hands triathlon transition / amputee

Man with no hands competes in triathlon. Changing from 1/4 mile swim to 10 mile bike ride. www.dontstopliving.org hpicard318@yahoo.com

Triathlon Song – Motivation to get in shape

Training Payne 2008 – From Fat to Iron fit in 18 months. A 50 lb weight loss and turning back time 20 years. Showing that 40 is the new 20.

Triathlon: 2009 World Championship Series review

A review of the 2009 Dextro Energy World Championship Series. An incredibly motivational and inspirational video.

World Relaxation Yoga Instrumental Music – Album Sampler

astronomyrecords.com The music in this video is all 6 songs from the album “Embrace The Moment – Music to enhance your yoga practice”. Read a review of this album here: astronomyrecords.com The songs in order are: 1. Preparing The Way 2. The Higher Mind 3. Fire In The Belly 4. Inner Strength 5. Reflection of Self 6. The Journey Home The full album can only be purchased from our website at astronomyrecords.com but just by subscribing to our free newsletter you get to download 1 free mp3 from …

Inspirational Running Quotes

"I like running because it’s a challenge. If you run hard, there’s the pain – and you’ve got to work your way through the pain. You know, lately it seems all you hear is? Don’t overdo it’ and? Don’t push yourself.’ Well, I think that’s a lot of bull. If you push the human body, it will respond."
-Bob Clarke

"Run hard, be strong, think big!"
-Percy Cerutty

"It is a paradox to say the human body has no ‘limit.’ There must be a limit to the speed at which men can run. I feel this may be around 3:30 for the mile. However, another paradox remains – if an athlete manages to run 3:30, another runner could be found to marginally improve on that time."
-Sir Roger Bannister

"A lot of people run a race to see who’s the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts."
-Steve Prefontaine

"We can’t all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."
-Will Rogers

"Once you’re beat mentally, you might was well not even go to the starting line."
-Todd Williams

"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired…You’ve always got to make the mind take over and keep going."
-George S. Patton

"The will to win means nothing if you haven’t the will to prepare."
-Juma Ikangaa

"When the meal was over we all had a quiet rest in our rooms and I meditated on the race. This is the time when an athlete feels all alone in the big world. Opponents assume tremendous stature. Any runner who denies having fears, nerves or some kind of disposition is a bad athlete, or a liar."
-Gordon Pirie

"That is the sort of race which one really enjoys – to feel at one’s peak on the day when it is necessary, and to be able to produce the pace at the very finish. It gives a thrill which compensates for months of training and toiling. But it is the sort of race that one wants only about once a season."
-Jack Lovelock

"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves… The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, ‘You must not run faster than this, or hump higher than that.’ The human spirit is indomitable."
-Sir Roger Bannister

"We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon."
-Emil Zatopek

"Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when the awareness comes, it is excruciating."
-John Farrington

"A lot of people don’t realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It’s a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer."
-Rob de Castella

"If someone says, ‘Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?’ ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?…. The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles."
-Bill Bowerman

"I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart."
-Mike Fanelli

"Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me."
-Said Aouita

"I haven’t seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in Barcelona willing to risk, more than men. The Kenyans risk. Steve Prefontaine risked. I risked – I went through the first half of the Tokyo race just a second off my best 5000 time."
-Billy Mills

"My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble."
-Bill Rodgers

"A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways as they’re capable of understanding."
-Steve Prefontaine

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I love my life! How about you?

 

This is by far one of the most powerful examples of the power of the human will as well as one of the most inspirational stories I have ever seen. Whenever I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed I refer to the giant examples of Dick and Rick Hoyt. It’s such a motivation to see their desire to achieve success in all areas of life.

The biggest lesson for me in this is: “I CAN”

I can be a better person.
I can be a better father.
I can be a better husband.
I can be …

Please enjoy. I’d love your comments. What were the powerful lessons for you?