To Run or Not to Run
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To run or not to run--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous exhaustion,
Or to take arms against the aches of muscles
And, by walking, end them. To sweat, to sprint--
No more--and by walking we end
Thus, by walking, thou pass us--
Something is rotten in the state of the course
Focus is the soul of running,
'Tis thou drive, and thou endurance
To which thy legs bend and move
To th' shape o'er hill and valleys--
Thine breathe doth protest too much
Running is neither difficult nor impossible,
But thinking makes it so--
Ay, there's the rub,
O, woe is me, to have run what I run,
And to sprint what I sprint--
As in thou sport,
Thou must be cruel in order to be kind--
Thou must push thou teammates,
When thy rivals come, they come not in singles,
But in battalions--
In my mind's eye,
They team 'tis the best
Neither a runner, nor a coach be,
But the team 'tis thou the best--
Th' team hath thou believes
This be the very ecstasy of love--
Though this be madness,
Yet there is method in't.