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Lead Stories: Sunday, September 7, 2008

Jon Rankin: Life’s Certainties
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #9)

Posted March 27th, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Jon Rankin

Section: News & Results, Cross Country, Track & Field, Olympics, Elite Athlete Blogs, Jon Rankin

Welcome to the official blog of rising U.S. track & field star Jon Rankin; the inaugural member of The Final Sprint’s Elite Athlete Blog Series. Be sure to check back every other Wednesday for Jon’s latest entry at http://jonrankin.thefinalsprint.com/

“Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.”

- Benjamin Franklin

I really don’t know how to interpret the above quote from Benjamin Franklin. Without a doubt it’s tax time. Yikes!! Honestly, I think that it’s kind of funny because it would be a very dreary life if death and taxes were the only things truly certain in life. What about love? What about running? What about the sweet smell of freshly cut grass in the early morning hours prior to a cross country race? If death and taxes are the only things certain I thank God for every day that I do get to run because I’ve been injured way too many times not to realize how lucky I am to be where I’m at today, just a few months away from make one of my biggest dreams a more certain part of my reality.
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Josh Cox: Carpe Diem
(Elite Athlete Blog - Entry #2)

Posted February 6th, 2008 at 3:15 PM by Josh Cox

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Olympics, Elite Athlete Blogs, Josh Cox

Check back every other Wednesday for his latest entry and for more information about Cox, also please visit: www.joshcox.com

In ‘97 Cox ran and won a 50-mile ultra, in ’99 he ran his first marathon making him the youngest Trials qualifier. The following year he clocked 2:13, which opened the door for him to train with the world’s best in Kenya. Cox has tried his hand at Reality TV, been all over magazine covers and is a fixture in the sport.

CARPE DIEM

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Baptist minister and civil rights leader

“It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.”
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman

“Never, never, never quit.”
- Winston Churchill, Author, soldier and Prime Minister

October 1980, Paul David Hewson and his band - formally known as “Feedback” and “The Hype” - had just released their first full-length album, Boy. Their single “I Will Follow” climbed the UK charts and their star was born. Around that time, the band joined a religious group in Dublin, the Shalom Fellowship. Time passed and some of Shalom’s leaders began criticizing the bands “involvement in the world.” The leaders told the band that in order to please God they would have to give up rock ‘n’ roll.
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Quote of the Day: 12/10/07

Posted December 10th, 2007 at 6:00 AM by J. R. Markham

Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it.
- Jim Valvano

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FINISH STRONG with TFS’s collection of famous quotes!

Posted September 14th, 2007 at 7:06 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Motivation, Famous Quotes, Special Features, Famous Quotes

From Jesse Owens to Dr. George Sheehan … from Steve Prefontaine to Sir Roger Banister … from ancient philosophers to runners just like you …

The Final Sprint has accumulated the most comprehensive anthology of motivational quotes to help you FINISH STRONG!

Pick out your favorites and read them before a big race or even choose one as your training credo!

Have one you want us to add?

No problem; just send an email to thefinalsprint@gmail.com!

Start Here . . . Finish Strong!
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New site launched in honor of the legendary Wilma Rudolph

Posted July 10th, 2007 at 12:37 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Columns, SPOTLIGHT

TheFinalSprint.com is honored to share the following announcement regarding the launch of WilmaRudolph.net.

It is a venture that we greatly admire and an inspirational resource that features biographical information, photos, videos, quotes and more:

The Wilma Rudolph.net team is proud to announce the official launch of the website www.wilmarudolph.net. The website’s ultimate aim is to create a comprehensive informational site about the inspirational Wilma Rudolph.

The site boasts a full comprehensive biography of Wilma Rudolph as well as videos, quotes and a picture gallery. We would also like to invite all contributions to the site, so if you have any additional information, articles, pictures or videos, please mail us at admin@wilmarudolph.net.

TheFinalSprint.com strongly recommends that you visit WilmaRudolph.net and wishes everyone on the WilmaRudolph.net Team the best of luck as they continue to develop the site and promote the memories and lessons of a truly outstanding human being.
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