In high school, the night before XC state finals, my teammate sent me this video. Gave me chills back then, still gives me chills and makes me tear up now.
"You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, 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
Thank you for making this. I've come back to it so many times over the years, I would watch it before meets, before my dad would run his ultra's, or whenever I questioned why I ran. Thank you :)
I watched this video a long time ago when i was in High school when i ran 2010-2014 about to be 4 years later and i found running again. it took me a hour and a half to find this video.
This video makes me tear up every time. I run because my deceased sister physically couldn't; now I run for her memory and because it made her proud of me.
Dathan Ritzenhein's finish at the 1999 Footlocker championships is a moment I'll never forget. Every single time I watch it, it sends chills down my back, wishing I could go back and run one more high school cross-country race and give it every single ounce of energy I had.
@JasonRexingHere BK was literally talking about the physical suffering that one goes through when trying to click off a pace that skirts the line between what you are capable and not. That type of suffering is universal. The only difference I can see is that the "runner" is ready to face down the demons as QC said. The non "runner" does not know the demons exist yet. Anyway, cheers and thanks for watching the videos. I appreciate it. CB
I run because the feeling of crossing that finish line with noone else is amazing and it's one of the only sports where hard work actually pays off. It's a burning passion.
I wept after watching this... I run because the for that brief moment in time that I run, all of the loneliness and sadness goes away and I feel nothing but utter joy... There is nothing like it. It is one of the only true pleasures in life.
This video gave me goosebumps! So many great racing moments captured. When the gun goes off I know that I may be about to witness something magical. That's the beauty of running. Thanks Coach! I'm sharing it.
Greatest video in a long time. I'm blessed to have watched Moses Kiptanui break 8min in 3,000m steeplechase and seen Wilson Kipketer slog it out w Haillesalasie in Sydney. Run.
this is the best running video ever made. it has such a strong emotional bond to runners of all ages and abilites. i don't know how he did it, but he did
this is one of the most beautiful peices of art I have ever experienced. I watch it once every couple months. Thank you so much for supplying this video. Thank you.
I love this video, my coach showed it to my team before Districts in Cross Country and now every time before a race or just when running is difficult I'll watch it and remember why I run. Thank you for making this
I showed this to my XC team one day before practice. We're a new program, and while they have the heart and the dedication, I needed them to have focus. This really helped provide that for them and for me. Amazing. My kids ran their fastest that day for practice. Thank you for this and your other videos...
This video is great anytime I ask myself why do I run I can watch this and it remotivates me and I am so ready and pumped to go outside and run....Thanks
Fantastic video, extremely inspirational. The competitive drive embodied here brought tears to my eyes seriously. I have a race today and this video really pumped me up. Thank you.
I run because when I'm running, it gives me a special feeling...It's indescribable, such a magnificiant, beautiful feeling! I remember the time, when I started running..how hard was that, but I'm so proud of me! Even if it seems conceit.. I believe that everybody can run but not everybody can enjoy it! I'm lucky, that I enjoy every time I go, even if its a bad day! And I love to see my faithful dog, who runs with me every time! It is worth! :)
This video affects me, emotions and energy are released when I watch it. It is hard to keep sitting after seeing this, got to go running! @Ryan, this is a great composition, a masterpiece!
Running gives me life, and it shows that even I have great potential to be something great. It also shows how far I've also come in this journey called life. Running shows me the world. It also showed me that possessing great determination can offer A life that you would've never thought that you could achieve before. Even though many see us runners as people trying to cross a line we are more than just that. We Are Strong, Determined, And Ambitious because we all have one thing to prove. We have proven to make the impossible possible by NEVER giving UP
wow amazing video!!! loved it! got bout half way threw and i was like u cant tell me theres no PRE!!! then up it came prolly his most epic race even tho he lost because he gave it his all and wouls of won it there were running over a min for each quarter the first hald of the race! that race always gets me pumped. Thanks for the video
I have to say..as a runner who is struggling with my XC season and injuries and being sick, this video is one of the biggest inspirations to me, and its what encourages me to keep running especially on the days were all i want to do is quit, give up, and be done with it all.... so thank you for inspiring me so much
I run because I can, and am so thankful for that. The lady marathon runner in this video is Joan Benoit, and I was at the Coliseum when she won the 1984 Olympics. The music is so nice, it inspires me even more, to never stop running..
I run to find myself to know who I am. For live more intensiv, to feel my body intensiv and to surpass myself. That gets me a feeling of being one with myself and nature. I think you will always have this undescribeable happy feeling if you challenge yourself in this high effort. It makes a cind of harmony between spirit and body. So I do it.
i used to watch this video the morning of every track meet, now that i look at it again form soo long i cried and now makes me want to get back into running
because out there i truly mean something, to myself and to others. when i run i make a difference in so many peoples lives. its the one true place in myself where i can truly think with clarity and openness. i love it to much to quit, not now and not ever.
The best feeling is when you finish a race and you gave everything and you feel like crap but also feel really good. It really is a bittersweet victory.
it motivates me to get out, run, and strive to be something extraordinary each time I see this thing. I feel that running is one of the most difficult sports and reflects people's character and will the most because it's all between you, the course, and the clock.
Because of the push, the camaraderie, the elegance, the anxiety, the turn out, the strength, both mentally and physically, the chance to change my life forever. That is why I run.
This video is amazing. Every time I have to run Holmdel or Warinanco in the rain I give it my all knowing at least I'm not running a nine-minute two mile in the middle of an Alaskan snow storm.
I ran 8.5 miles today while 'Sandy' was raging. I was cold, unprepared, and ran through 2' feet of water at times. I loved it. for all of my life it will make me feel like a child again.It does-every time.
Great video. I was running in the Houston marathon in January and my training partner asked me why we're doing this, and I said because it feels so damn good when I get to walk. It's become my life, and if I don't get to run I don't feel well.
I run because it's a passion. Today I feel a lot of pain but I turn that pain into an energy which helps me to run faster and faster... I also love to run becuase it helps me to look forward and forget about the bad in my past and present... I move forward with every step and try to leave the pain behind....
I forgot how moving watching Derek Redmond's dad help him across the finish line was. I cried so much the first time, and again now. The whole video was wonderful but that... was one of the most moving things I have ever seen in sport.
I run for many reasons. Repetitive physical action is calming for me. Running keeps me sane. I feel like it makes me special. When I run, I feel like my true self.
I run because others can't, I run to prove to myself and everyone else that I'm worth something and I can be the change I wish to see in this crazy world. For the countless men, women and children I've seen so valiantly struggle to survive and live. I run for them.
umm, epic!! i am a runner for about 6 years and i always loved it but lately i started getting bored of it because i started setting to many goals for myself. after watching this video i now know the reason i started running in the first place. thanx for the experience man
Because at the line of ultimate fatigue I feel my body at max. It is pain and desire flowing through my vains. I love to run. @fancyboyproductions This is a fantastic production! My congratulations.
because for the first time, i found something that gives me something to be proud of. something that has defined my life into what i love. i am proud that i run and i run because i am proud...
I'm watching this in 2023. MAN, I MISS my speed! 😭💔I used to watch this when it was first uploaded. Oh well. I'm pushing 60 and, trying to keep my status as a "faster-than-average-" geezer!😅👨🏾🦳🏃🏾♂️ Running is so...pure!❤️☺️ Happy running, fellow runners!👋🏽👨🏾⚕️
Running the mile, or two, whatever Lots of people dread at that thought, running But I honestly can say running makes me happy The only dread is if I don't try, or if I know I could have done better I have a really crazy out of the world dream that has to do with running.. That I can see the world one day because of running nobody thinks I can they say you need to be trained from the start But I don't need their opinions This video really gave me inspiration, thank you
