And the Winner Is......

RunnerDude's first contest was a great success! First, I'd like to thank all the runners that submitted a running mantra. Second, I'd like to thank all the readers who voted. Amy Read's mantra "I Am Hard-Core!" received the most votes. Congratulations Amy!! As the winner, Amy will receive a $50 gift certificate from Road Runner Sports! Second place goes to Stuart's "Tough times pass. Tough people remain." There was a tie for third place with Jennifer Tran's "Don't quit. COMMIT!" and Carol King's "Relax. Breathe. Have fun!"

Listed below are all the submitted mantras. They were all awesome! Thanks!

• I am Hard-Core! —Amy
• Tough times pass. Tough people remain.—Stuart
• Don't quit. COMMIT! - Jennifer
• Relax. Breathe. Have fun!—Carol
• Run your own race.—Felice
• If not now, when?—Linda
• I love hills! I love wind!—Wendy
• Pain is temporary. Glory is forever.—Bobby
• Nothing worth having ever came easily.—Trish
• Put one foot in front of the other.—Laura
• I can do all things through Him who gives me strength.—Gina
• Can't Stop! Won't Stop!—Janel
• Can't Stop! Won't Stop!—Jeff T.
• Ole' Ole' Ole' (By God, By God, By God)—Jeffrey
• No regrets!—Felice
• If you don't, you rust!—Ryan
• I'm a running machine, not going down without a fight!—Justin
• "Gotta Get Thru This" song by Daniel Bedingfield—Natalie
• "The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital." (Joe Paterno, Penn State head football coach)—Lauren
• The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.—Rob
• Relentless forward motion—Stuart
• Make Mom proud!—Missy
• Run like you're being chased!—Vanessa
• This too shall pass.—Trish
• This too shall pass.—Bobby
• Perpetual forward motion—Bobby
• When the going gets tough, the tough get going. So get going!—Trish
• With God all things are possible, so you CAN do this!—Trish
• Do this today and you can eat your weight in chocolate tonight!—Trish
• Not today, I will not be broken.—Trish
• I AM the Terminator sent from the future to destroy this trail. I'm a machine. I'm a machine. Machines don't stop til the mission is done.—Jeff P.
• Not if. When.—Jeff P.
• I will keep on.—Rene
• Define yourself!—dirtdawg50K
• If you don't go run you're gonna need prozac!—Mary
• Not everybody can do this!—Mary
• Of course it's hard, if it was easy everyone would do it.—David
• Of course it's difficult, it's the difficult that makes it great!—David
• Gone away is the blue bird! Here to stay is a new bird!—Ben
• Where’s the nearest shotgun?—Neal

RunnerDude is hard at work on future contests and hopes to have another one posted in early June.