Support Others and Therefore Yourself:

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Whether you are training for a race or simply hitting the pavement to be a healthier you, having a support system and keeping motivated is key to your success.  The OWR Running Buddy System is all about connecting women runners throughout Central Florida to get together and run!

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What Orlando Women Runners are Saying:

 “What Helps Keep You Motivated During a Run?”

 I run for a cause, Stepping Onward, so it keeps me continually motivated to run for others :)
- Claire 

Great music! (And sometimes even an audio book)
- Carol 

knowing someone I like is waiting for me gets me there and talking to them about all of life keeps me going :0)
- Lorraine 

iPhone/iPod music!
- Nelines 

My iPod. I am using the couch to 5K program and the music is very upbeat. In addition, the man's voice tells you when to walk, when to start running, and he motivates you too (come on, one last push, you can do it, etc.)!
- Lisa 

The TV at the gym :)
- Ashley 

I've been loving the Garmin - it keeps me motivated with how far I've gone and thinking I can always go farther... lots of dance music... and thinking about kicking butt =)
- Wendy 

I like audio books, and the garmin, but what really keeps me motivated is running the morning before it is hot and getting the run out of the way. that way I have the "workout is already done" feeling. I especially feel good about a run when it gets hot out and I know I don't have to run in the heat.
- Ann 

Losing weight & feeling good work for me! Being on a training schedule keeps me motivated... I don't like to waiver from the schedule so it makes me get out there or on the treadmill.
- Tina 

running in the morning helps start my day out right. i also listen to energizing music and sometimes i run with others. plus, i run 5K's often cuz they're just fun!
- Jenny 

The fact that i've already signed up & paid for a bunch of Halfs & a Full. And that all my runner friends know how to look up my times online, so I know I can't lie about being faster!
- Cheryl 

It's the only break I get from My boys so the longer I run the bigger break I get! I do love them but I need the time to myself to clear my head and have a complete thought!
- Ginger 

MUSIC!!!!!!!!!! I also run with great story tellers! Rhonda and Erin keep my mind off the pain :)
- Holly 

run with great chicks....hey that's you guys
- Denise 

a great pair of jeans in my closet...I want to fit into them again ;)
- Andrea 

My I Pod with all my favorite music. The Star Wars theme song is a favorite of mine.
- Candy 

My Ipod during, and the power nap i always look forward to after a long run!
- Carolyn

Inspirational Quotes:

"You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement."
- Steve Prefontaine  

"I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs."
-Jesse Owens  

"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that."
-Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder

 "Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it."
-Oprah Winfrey

 "Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about."
-PattiSue Plumer, U.S. Olympian

 "Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'"
- Peter Maher, Canadian marathon runner

 "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 jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable."
-Sir Roger Bannister, first runner to run a sub-4 minute mile

 "Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'."
-Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner

 "The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
-John Bingham, running speaker and writer

 "You also need to look back, not just at the people who are running behind you but especially at those who don't run and never will... those who run but don't race...those who started training for a race but didn't carry through...those who got to the starting line but didn't in the finish line...those who once raced better than you but no longer run at all. You're still here. Take pride in wherever you finish. Look at all the people you've outlasted."
- Joe Henderson

 "Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you're probably right."
-Henry Ford

 "Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
-William Faulkner

"Running long and hard is an ideal antidepressant, since it's hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time. Also, there are those hours of clearheadedness that follow a long run."
-Monte Davis

 "I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards."
-Alberto Salazar, three-time winner of the NYC marathon

 "What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the couch is that we learn through running to take what the days gives us, what our body will allow us, and what our will can tolerate."
-John Bingham, running writer and speaker

 "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
-Les Brown

 "Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring."
-Jimmy Carter

"The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank."
-George Sheehan

"We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport."
-Alberto Salazar  

"Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success."
-Grete Waitz

 "Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body."
-Lynn Jennings

"If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it."
-Priscilla Welch

 "To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths."
- Amby Burfoot

"Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
-Edward Stanley

 "It is better, I think, to begin easily and get your running to be smooth and relaxed and then to go faster and faster."
- Henry Rono

 "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
- Muhammad Ali

 "Many people shy away from hills. They make it easy on themselves, but that limits their improvement. The more you repeat something, the stronger you get."
- Joe Catalano

 "Methinks that the moment my legs began to move, my thoughts began to flow."
- Henry David Thoreau

 "Play not only keeps us young but also maintains our perspective about the relative seriousness of things. Running is play, for even if we try hard to do well at it, it is a relief from everyday cares."
- Jim Fixx

 "If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion."
- Robert Pirsig

 "If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run."
--John Bingham

"To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you are a runner."
-- George Sheehan

 "I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought."
--Arthur Blank

 "Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best."
--Michael Johnson

 "We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."
--Jesse Owens

 "Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run by other runners, too."
--Richard O'Brien

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