The Quotable Runner
Editor: Mark Will-Weber
Metallirating: 
Es la primera vez que escribo un post con comentarios acerca de un libro sin haberlo terminado de leer. Lo hago ahora, porque realmente me parece un libro excelente.
Dejé el título en inglés porque en ese idioma fue como lo encontré, la verdad, no lo he encontrado en español, éste lo adquirí en Amazon, a un excelente precio $12.35USD.
Este libro está adaptado para personas que como yo, somos unos de esos “lunáticos” que nos paramos muy temprano, o que a medio día en fin de semana con el sol en pleno, o en medio de la lluvia, o llegando de trabajar por la tarde-noche, nos preparamos y salimos gustosos a correr. A disfrutar de un sabroso trote como lo relato en ¡Qué bueno que vine a correr!.
El libro no es más que la concentración hecha por el editor, de citas hechas por personas importantes, en el ámbito deportivo o no, acerca de este noble y solitario deporte; hay de todo tipo, inspiración, sabiduría, humor, etcétera. En verdad, les digo que es un libro super excelente, tanto que como comento al inicio, no me pude resistir a escribir estos comentarios antes de terminar de leerlo.
He aquí una pequeña muestra, la pongo en el idioma original:
“Hunkle down, keep your eyes fixed ahead, and run like hell.” – Paul Spangler, advice to Sister Marion Irvine before a race. Spangler set 85 National age group records prior to his death at 95.
“If the Lord had meant for man to run, he’d have given him four legs or at least, made him late for a bus.” – Red Smith, sportswriter.
“When I was 14 or 15, my brother tried to encourage me by giving me a pair of running shoes. But I threw them away because I was so used to running with bare feet and they were too heavy.” – Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian distance great.
“At our East German youth festivals one year, I won 10 gold medals and one silver. And my father was angry about the silver” – Uta Pippig
“He was too small for football and he got tired of sitting on the bench all the time” – Ray Prefontaine, on how his son Steve got started to running.
“If you come to think of it, you never see deer, dogs and rabbits worrying about their menus and yet they run much faster than humans” – Emil Zatopek
“If you run a hundred miles a week, you can eat anything you want- Why? Because (a) you’ll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you’ll be injured soon and back on restricted diet anyway.” – Don Kardong
“Only think of two things – the report of the pistol and the tape. When you hear the one, you run like hell till you break the other.” – Sam Mussabini, final advice to Harold Abrahams prior to 100 meters in Paris, 1924
“It is not gymnastics or ice skating, you know.” – Emil Zatopek, when cuestioned about his agonized expression while racing
“Run like hell and get the agony over with.” – Clarence DeMar
“People don’t realize that Mexicans, not Africans, are the dominant road runners today.” – Salvador García, after winning the 1991 New York City Marathon
“Marathoning is just another form of insanity.” – John J. Kelley, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon
“Run hard, be strong, think big!” - Percy Cerutty
“A runner must run with dreams in his heart, not money in his pocket” – Emil Zatopek
Genial, ¿no? Incluí varias de las citas de Emil Zatopek, porque este corredor Checo me parece uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos. Ganó 4 medallas de oro en las Olimpiadas, de las cuales, 3 corresponden al famoso “triple” en las Olimpiadas de Helsinki, donde ganó los 5,000, 10,000 y el maratón, ¡los 3 con Récord Olímpico!
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