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Every runner is an experiment of one.
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
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Success rests with having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you are, however peculiar that may be. Then you will be able to say, I found my hero and he is me.
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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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No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.
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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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Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps the need to take risks and the chance to be number one.
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