“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” ~ John Bingham
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” ~ Lance Armstrong
"In running, it doesn't matter if 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
“There is no better feeling in the world than to take your mind and body to a place you thought it couldn’t go; a place you thought it didn’t belong. You should all try it sometime.” ~ Shauna Reid
“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up.” ~ Dean Karnazes
"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
"From the moment you cross the start line, you know that crossing the finish line will be one of the best moments of your life." ~ Author Unknown
"You have a choice, you can throw in the towel, or you can use it to wipe the sweat off of your face." ~ Gatorade 3
"There is no failure in running, or in life, as long as you keep moving." ~ Amby Burfoot
"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
Like you would use a treadmill even if you had one . . .
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You’re probably right. I may if I had a TV nearby.
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I do have a flat screen tv on the wall opposite my treadmill. Otherwise it WOULD be gathering dust.
They’re not all that expensive these days. Mine was (my MIL had given us some money), but OTOH, it’s also served me well for about 15 years.
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I have one that is about 30 years old. It stopped working (probably from lack of use) and it is still in the basement. Our basement is cold & damp and unfinished and no cable access). (There’s no place upstairs for a tm) So I think I would rather go to my free gym. (I don’t enjoy staying home anyway) I will be missing my old job this winter where there was a treadmill (that no one used.)
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We have a raised ranch; there is no basement, but there is a family room & that’s where my treadmill is.Actually, it’s not so much a family room as my home gym.
Like I said, there’s a flatscreen opposite it, and then there’s another flatscreen (which I never use, but Lloyd does) in the office off of the family room.
He knows that I have to have my treadmill.
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We have a family room. But we watch tv there and it’s off the kitchen. I wouldn’t put a tm there.
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What you just described is our living room. 🙂
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We have a living room but rarely use it unless we have company.
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Our living room is more like a family room & it is well used.
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I’d just like cold hard cash so I can go on a spending spree at the Houston expo in January!
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That would be real nice.
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Nice list! I like the idea of $$$ for race entries, flights, and post race cocktails! 🙂
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essential, right?
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Your list looks perfectly reasonable to me! I wished my Garmin 205 dead for years. Then I got into tri and I got the 920XT and never looked back. I never liked the 205.
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I’m attached to it – it was my first LOL. I got used to the size and like that you can see all 4 screens at once.
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Great list! Interesting to see your comment on the Apple Watch/Garmin. I want to want an Apple Watch, but I don’t think I really do. Garmin’s come out with so many new models in the past year, there’s a perfect one for everybody.
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It’s great. But it’s doesn’t replace the garmin as a running Watch.
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Oooh, I like the way you think. I would like to add that I also need a watch and some money for races. 🙂
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go for it!!
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I also have tops on my wish list. Because like you, all my tops have race logos on them and I do not like wearing those while I teach my group fitness classes since the classes have nothing to do with that.
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same here when I play tennis.
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