Runners want to be quick. That’s a given. But what does it
mean to be quick?
Haste and speed are not the same thing. Not even close.
Sure, both speak of quickness, but in altogether different ways.
Runners want to be quick-footed. We run and run and run,
hoping to build endurance and cut our mile times. Sometimes we can also be
hasty signing up for extra competitive races or challenges for which we are not
yet ready.
Haste is misplaced when it comes to picking a too-hard race,
a too-fast pace group or start corral, or a too-soon comeback from an injury.
There’s the lead-in to today’s entry for Runderdog’s “Running Quotes by Non-Runners.”
“Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
It’s something akin to counting the cost. If we know the
extent of the goal we undertake, we can best train for it and hit the start
line ready to go … and prepared to finish.
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