A good friend of mine was wondering about how does one become motivated to keep running. Some of the new Ohana even wonder how and why one would want to endure such pain in taking on high endurance events. Moreover how do you keep yourself going when things start to fall apart during those long mileage races? There's more to 'because it's there'.
In the past few months, the Ohana has had many ups and downs, gains and losses. During this past Hilo to Volcano 50k, I dedicated those miles to a few people whose predicaments have made me wanna go those extra miles and do the unthinkable. Even though things were looking bad, I always had frame of mine that 'Hey this is nothing compared to what Valerie and her family and Laura have been going through!' Hence the push forward despite all the odds!
The Runner's HI Ohana would like to wish the Vedder family (view the website)and Laura (checkout her blog) much aloha and let them know that they are in our thoughts! We are Ohana and we're there for ya!
Speaking of which, in volunteering at the HURT 100 race, we remember one of the great road grinders of Honolulu who is currently stationed in Iraq. He actually ran 100 miles at the same time to commerate the race and the participants in it (as he was a entrant, see the article). Ben YOU DA MAN!
If that's not enough, while browsing the Ironman and Marathon Maniac websites, I found the best line of motivation: 'PAIN IS TEMPORARY, GLORY IS FOREVER!!!'
In the past few months, the Ohana has had many ups and downs, gains and losses. During this past Hilo to Volcano 50k, I dedicated those miles to a few people whose predicaments have made me wanna go those extra miles and do the unthinkable. Even though things were looking bad, I always had frame of mine that 'Hey this is nothing compared to what Valerie and her family and Laura have been going through!' Hence the push forward despite all the odds!
The Runner's HI Ohana would like to wish the Vedder family (view the website)and Laura (checkout her blog) much aloha and let them know that they are in our thoughts! We are Ohana and we're there for ya!
Speaking of which, in volunteering at the HURT 100 race, we remember one of the great road grinders of Honolulu who is currently stationed in Iraq. He actually ran 100 miles at the same time to commerate the race and the participants in it (as he was a entrant, see the article). Ben YOU DA MAN!
If that's not enough, while browsing the Ironman and Marathon Maniac websites, I found the best line of motivation: 'PAIN IS TEMPORARY, GLORY IS FOREVER!!!'
But I think Ben has an even better one (this is the motto for HURT!):
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