Ribble Valley Athletic Club

1, WHEN I STEP ONTO THE TRACK I JUST THINK ABOUT MY RUNNING, I FORGET IT IS A COMPETITION!!

2, PAIN IS TEMPORARY, FAILURE LASTS FOREVER!!

3, DONT LOOK BACK SOMEBODY MIGHT BE GAINING ON YOU!!

4, PAIN, SWEAT AND SACRIFICES EQUALS SUCCESS!!

5, HE WHO STOPS BEING BETTER STOPS BEING GOOD!!

6, YOUR GREATEST ASSET IS NOT YOUR ABILITY BUT YOUR MENTAL ABILITY TO SUCCEED!!

7, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OPTIONS REGARDING COMMITMENT TO GET TO THE TOP, YOURE EITHER IN OR YOUR OUT, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS LIFE IN-BETWEEN!!

8, PAIN IS TEMPORARY, IT MAY LAST A MINUTE,OR AN HOUR, OR A DAY, OR A YEAR. BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL SUBSIDE AND SOMETHING ELSE WILL TAKE IT'S PLACE, IF YOU QUIT HOWEVER IT LASTS FOREVER!!

9, SET YOUR GOALS HIGH AND DONT STOP TILL YOU GET THERE!!

10, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, THE MIND CAN ACHIEVE IT!!

11, THE WINNERS IN LIFE THINK CONSTANTLY IN TERMS OF I CAN, I WILL AND I AM. LOSERS ON THE OTHER HAND CONCENTRATE THIER WAKING THOUGHTS ON, WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE OR WOULD HAVE DONE, OR WHAT THEY CAN'T DO!!

12, IF YOU TRAIN HARD YOU'LL NOT ONLY BE HARD YOU'LL BE HARD TO BEAT!!

13, BEAT THE SHADOW NEXT TO YOU

14, STAY IN FRONT OF THE PERSON BEHIND YOU

15, CATCH THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU

16, BREAK THROUGH THE MENTAL & PHYSICAL BARRIERS THAT PREVENT YOU FROM GOING THAT LITTLE BIT FURTHER, THAT LITTLE BIT QUICKER: TO PUSH YOU PAST THE POINT WHEN YOUR BODY SAYS NO BUT YOUR MIND SAYS YES

17, EVERY TIME YOU LACE UP YOUR RUNNING SHOES COMMIT YOURSELF TO YOUR REVOLUTION, COMMIT YOURSELF TO THE ROAD, TO A DISTANCE, TO A TIME AND ALWAYS DO BETTER

18, PUSH YOURSELF HARDER THINK YOURSELF FURTHER.

Message posted by Don Lennon on the 10/12/2006