A Runner's Hope

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19 years ago 04/19/2005 6:57pm EDT

So I'm doing this religion project and it's really busting my balls. I thought I would get the input of all the fine men and women of let'srun.com (and maybe a few opinions of the losers out there). Anyways, here ya go: What is hope to a runner? How does it affect them.

My opinion? I think hope is crucial to a runner. Runners always have to have the hope that they will get better. If they didn't think they could get better, then there would be no point in competing. I feel it drives a runner. The hope that maybe next time they will run even faster. I could go on, but tell me what you think.

19 years ago 04/19/2005 8:32pm EDT

re: run1024

all i have is the ghost.

19 years ago 04/19/2005 8:34pm EDT

re: run1024

Hope is the only thing I have going for me. It helps me get through thousands of lonely miles. Sometimes I think to myself, "what are the odds of someone like me actually running a sub-2:22 marathon and making it to the trials?" But then I think of hope. You'll never get anywhere if you don't believe in yourself. The belief is essential.

Every day I hope I can learn something new about myself. I hope I can make it up this hill, I hope I can maintain pace on these mile-repeats, I hope my teammates run great tomorrow, I hope my good friend runs a personal best, and I hope my friends and myself can stay injury-free. Not matter what the odds, you always have hope on your side. You can't listen to others when they try to insult you, you just keep plugging away and hoping. hoping and hoping and hoping. If you have the desire and the hope, the confidence will soon follow, and then you'll be unstoppable.

Ever wonder why you wake up in the middle of the night with the urge to go for a run? Or why you swing your arms out to your sides like an airplane when you're running through a thunderstorm? Hope. The answer is always hope.

19 years ago 04/19/2005 9:29pm EDT

re: staples

It's all I've got anymore either... and that isin't long. Maybe if I was at a high enough level to maintain and help a team I woulden't need hope for myself; but I would still need hope that I can run well enough for the team to do well. The same goes with hope the team runs well.

We all want to move out into "the lane of high hopes."

There are very few runners out there who run without it and they are the ones you can never get a bearing on. Who either run for the sake of it or have no reason and usually end out quitting.

19 years ago 04/20/2005 9:40am EDT

re: Mr.Price

19 years ago 04/20/2005 9:46am EDT

re: run1024

Stolen from my coach in college, and I still keep it in the front of my mind:

"Without hope our goals will only threaten us."

19 years ago 04/20/2005 10:58am EDT

re: run1024

From Why we Run by Bernd Heinrich.

"Our ancient type of Hunting-where we were superior relative to other predators-required us to maintain long term vision that both rewarded us by the chase itself and that held the prize in our imagination even when it was out of sight, smell, and hearing. It was not just sweat glands that made us premier endurance predators. It was also our minds fueled by passion. Our enthusiasm for the chase had to be like the migratory birds' passion to fly off on there great journeys, as if propelled by dreams."

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