“I love being with friends.”
“Running gives me a peace of mind. It can be relaxing.”
“It’s just fun, and it feels good.”
“I like to eat.”
“The faster you run, the faster you’re done.”
“Even if you have to stop and stretch, keep going.”
TVC East Jamboree at Delta College in University Center, Michigan.
“[Steve Prefontaine] just wanted it more. He wasn’t afraid to lead. If he wanted to win it, he was gonna win it.”
“What do you love about running?”
“It’s just so much fun, and you get to meet a bunch of really great people, and it’s a great community.”
“What’s the best piece of running advice you’ve ever received?”
“Run your own race.”
“As for the teams we’re facing, just go and get them. Be better than them.”
“Do you remember what got you into running?”
“When I was younger, I had a really mean, bad baseball coach. He made me end up quitting that sport, and my sister ran, and I said, Well, I don’t want to deal with him as a coach, so I might as well try something else. That’s what got me into running. So if it wasn’t for that guy being the way he was, I wouldn’t have gotten into running.”
This group finds substantial fun in growing together as teammates. A couple of them run cross-country to prep for wrestling season. I was given a couple inspirational quotes:
“Pain is weakness leaving the body. When I start to hurt while running, I think, Hey, that’s weakness, and it’s leaving my body!”
“Sweat is fat crying.”
Several quotes from this group follow. Oh, and this is five out of nearly 60 girls running for the same high school.
“I love being with the team.”
“We like competition. We won a state title in 2012. That was my favorite running moment.”
“There’s a lot of good energy, especially when everyone’s competing at and for the same distance.”
“Even when you’re physically dying, you don’t let your team down.”
Hooray Run 