“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift” Every human on this planet has been given gifts. No matter what the gift is, it is given to us to be used. Some are gifted with art. Some are gifted with kindness. Ever since I was little I was gifted with the […]
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift” – Steve Prefontaine This quote is very meaningful to me because I am experiencing a gift in life right now, the gift of running. This wasn’t always the case and I have learned from my past to never take it for granted. There
“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.” Prefontaine could not have said it any better, and many since have tried; yet failed. For that quote perfectly fits the raw beauty of running. It has acted as a proverb for
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” — Steve Prefontaine When you enter earth god blesses you with a gift of some sort. Everyone is blessed with some kind of gift; the challenge is finding what it is. Many people may search their whole life searching for what their special
“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.” – Steve Prefontaine The track at Marshfield High School was Steve Prefontaine’s canvas; his running was his artistic expression. Each race was a new painting, a new poem, a new song, and
“A lot of people run a race to see who is the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts…” -Pre I was born running. It was a natural occurrence for a farm kid, the runt of the litter with domineering older brothers. If I wanted to keep up, I was running. If
“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.” Although I never had the opportunity of seeing Pre run when he was alive, I have seen many films, read many books, and heard many first-hand accounts of his awe inspiring presence
