Running Shirt sayings / Sprüche für das Laufshirt (Feature)

(updated  May 24th, 2009) Here are some nice phrases which you can print on your running shirt. I shamelessly copied many of them from the German Runner’s World forum. Others I have copied from the series of tubes/interweb. The German ones are at the bottom. Do you have cool sayings for running shirts? Use the comment function at the bottom!

Hier sind einige Sprüche, die man gut auf das Läuferschirt anbringen kann. Viele habe ich aus den Foren von runnersworld.de schamlos kopiert. Andere habe ich aus dem Rest des Internets kopiert. Die deutschen Sprüche sind unten. Hast du coole Sprüche drauf? Dann einfach die Kommentarfunktion nutzen!

Marathon/Long runs suitable - funny

• “Before you run a marathon, you never really learn to curse.”
• “Any idiot can run a marathon - it takes a special kind of idiot to run an ultramarathon.” - Alan Cabelly
• “You don’t have to be an idiot to run a marathon. But it helps tremendously.”
• “Friends Don’t Let Friends Run Marathons.”
• “In my mind, I’m a Kenyan.”
• “(front) Registering for the Chicago Marathon … $75 (back) Finishing the Chicago Marathon … PRICELESS.”
• Boston Marathon: “(front) BOSTON (back) It’s wicked haaaaaaaaaad.”
• “This sounded like a good idea three months ago.”
• “I thought you said this was 2.62 miles!” (for the metric people, 26.2 miles is the marathon distance)
• “Running is a mental sport and we’re all insane.”
• “Why are you chasing me?!?” (on the back)
• “On the 7th day, God did an easy three.”
• “This is cheaper than therapy.”
• “I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time.” (Emil Zatopek)
• “If you want to come in second…follow me!”

Marathon/Long runs suitable - motivational

• “The Battle Begins: Head versus Legs.”
• “The Battle Begins: Body versus Mind.” (my own)
• “Pain is temporary. Glory is forever.”
• “Pain is temporary, Pride lasts forever.”
• “Pain is temporary, Failure lasts forever.”
• “If you’re going through hell, keep going,” (Winston Churchill)
• The longer I run, the smaller the problems become.” (Adidas ad)

Marathon/Long runs - macho

• “Sweating - that’s when muscles cry.”
• “So I run like a girl… try to keep up.” (for girls/women in a mixed race - made it up myself :-))
• “Pain is your friend. It tells you that you’re still alive!”
• “I usually run faster.” (on your back)
• “Pain is weakness leaving the body.” (US Marines)
• “I may be slow but I am ahead of you.”
• “It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.” (Emil Zatopek)
• “At least your mom appreciates my endurance.” (you better be really fast if you want to wear this one)
• “If Cross Country was easy then they would call it your mom.” (same warning)
• “Cross Country, we do it in the woods.”
• “A marathon is just a 10K with a 20 mile warm-up.”

Any run - funny

• “If you can read this I’m at least not last.”
• “I’m a bomb technician - if you see me running, try to keep up!”
• “I’m just here for the bananas.”
• “Your pace or mine?”
• “Sorry, gotta run!”
• “Pardon my dust.” (on the back)

More suitable in German

• “Man quält sich ja sonst nicht.”
• “Nach dem Marathon ist vor dem Marathon.”
• “Distanz ist, was Dein Kopf daraus macht!”
• “Überholen Sie ruhig, von vorne sehe ich noch besser aus.” (Köln Brückenlauf 2007, Männer)
• “Bin ich eigentlich die erste Frau, die Ihnen davonläuft?” (Köln Brückenlauf 2007, Frauen)
• “HEUL DOCH!”
• “Quäl Dich Du Sau!”
• “Schnellster Walker dieser Region.”
• “Bitte nicht überholen.” (Rücken)
• “Lebst Du noch oder läufst Du schon?”
• “Wir suchen laufend Mitarbeiter.” (Firmenwerbung :-))

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