Monday Motivation - "TRIumph"

 “If you can’t excel with talent,
      TRIumph with effort"          

                                                                                                  Dave Weinbaum



Monday Motivation - "The Body Can Achieve!"

What the mind can conceive and believe,

the body can achieve!

Monday Motivation - "The Best Things"

"The Best Things In Life,
Aren't Things."

                                          Art Buchward

On this holiday Monday enjoy Family, Friends,
the Gift to be able to train,
and the Multisport Lifestyle we so Enjoy!

Monday Motivation - "Dare to..."

"Yesterday I dared to struggle.
Today I dare to win!"

                                                  Bernadette Devlin

Whether it's racing or in training, dare to struggle
and you'll be the Winner for it.

Monday Motivation - "What are your Expectations?"

"Nobody succeeds beyond
his or her wildest expectations
unless he or she begins with some

Wild Expectations."
                           Raplh Charell

Train hard and dare to DREAM!

Monday Motivation - "Shed the baggage that holds you back!"

"Excuses are just baggage that prevent people
  from taking flight.
                              Shed 'em and you'll soar!"
                                                                       Kyndra

Happy New Year! It's your Year...

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room,
drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched.
Maybe this year, to balance the list,
we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...
not looking for flaws, But for Potential.

                        Ellen Goodman

This bright New Year is given me

To live each day with zest . . .

To daily grow and try to be

My highest and my best!

It's not who you are that holds you back,
it's who you think your'e not.

"Victory is Finishing"

Enjoy the Journey!

Monday Motivation - You Decide "Where to Go"

When planning your 2011 season

remember the words of
Dr. Seuss

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

You're on your own.

And you know what you know.

You are the guy who'll decide where to go.

                                              

Monday Motivation - It's the dash that counts!

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside (crossing the finish line), thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming... WOW! What a Ride!"  -- Anonymous

   On your tombstone, the first set of numbers is your date of birth, followed
by a second set, the day you died. Between the two there’s a dash, this dash
is a symbol for your life. It's what you do with this dash that counts!

  Live life to your fullest!

" Whether you think you can or can't, your right" -- Henry Ford

 "Live everyday as if it were your last because someday
you're going to be right." -- Muhammad Ali

Monday Motivation - "Limits"

If you are going to doubt something,
doubt your limits.                   Don Ward

Monday Motivation - The Journey

It is good to have an end to journey towards,
but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

To be honest I hope I never get to the end,
I love the journey.                Author Unknown

Monday Motivation - Friends the real "Gold Medals"

         "Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real GOLD of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust."

Jesse Owens, (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980)
1936 Olympics track and field - Four gold medal winner

Monday Motivation - Enjoy "Your" Journey

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."  Beverly Sills

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."  Tommy Lasorda

             Rudy Garcia-Tolson first double above-knee amputee to finish an Ironman Triathlon 

Monday Motivation - Your "Spirit"

"The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill and spirit; but the greatest of these is SPIRIT."- Ken Doherty

"SPIRIT... has fiffty times the strength and staying power of brawn and muscle."
- Unknown


  

Monday Motivation - What lies within us

Triathlete and Victor Evelyn Shreve, of Devon PA,              
shares one of her favorite quotes -



"What lies behind us and what  lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”




   Ralph Waldo Emerson     

Monday Motivation - Victors' shared words "I am a Triathlete"

I am a Triathlete

I do not waste time at the gym. I am in there to work

I do not smile while I am training. I grit, grunt, and curse.

I do not sweat, this is my body crying

I am a Triathlete

The pain is my weakness leaving my body

I am proud of my muscles as I am of my scars.

They are the evidence of my hard work and dedication.

I am a Triathlete

Student, Trainer, Motivator

Increased work capacity is my mission.

Elite fitness is my goal.

I am a Triathlete

I may suffer through a session, but I will never quit or give up.

I do what others won't, and I excel where others can't.

I am stronger mentally and physically because of it.

I am a Triathlete

Rain or Shine

Dawn or Dusk

The road is my playground

I am a Triathlete 

Shared by Big Daddy Diesel of Tri Diesel

Monday Motivation - It's only about attitude.

"Winning is not about headlines and hardware (medals). It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and every day and attempts to be the best runner and best person they can be... Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up."

            Amby Burfoot

            Runner's World Editor
            1968 Boston Marathon Winner

Monday Motivation - "Joy and Pride from within"

“The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you've just done something as well as you can do it.”

Lloyd Dobens

Victory is Finishing   and you define "Finishing" 

Victors' Shared Words - Favorite Quotes

"Favorite Quotes" shared by Victor

Marc Strang, NJ -

Runner and Age Grouper Triathlete

“ A dream doesn’t become a reality through magic;
   it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”

   Colin Powell

   Retired Four Star General                                                    

   Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93)    
   Secretary of State (2001-2005)

“Most of the things worth doing in the world
  had been declared impossible before they were done.”
  Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941)
  Supreme Court Justice (1916-1939)

Monday Motivation - Hard Work

On some Winter Days, getting motivated to train can be hard work.

If it does, remember this quote -

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses and some don’t turn up at all.”

Sam Ewing
1920-2001
American writer and humorist