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Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.
George A. Sheehan
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George A. Sheehan
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: November 5
Died: 1993
Died: November 1
Cardiologist
Military Officer
Physician
Heroism
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Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.
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Out on the roads there is fitness and self-discovery and the persons we were destined to be.
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I run each day to preserve the self I attained the day before and to secure the self yet to be.
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There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.
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No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.
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And while these pounds were being shed, while the physiological miracles were occurring with the heart and muscle and metabolism, psychological marvels were taking place as well. Just so, the world over, bodies, minds, and souls are constantly being born again, during miles on the road.
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The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am.
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I will not last forever. But I am damn well going to know I have been here.
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