In the setting of subFinsler Carnot groups, we consider curves that satisfy the normal equation coming from the Pontryagin Maximum Principle. We show that, unless it is constant, each such a curve leaves every compact set, quantitatively. Namely, the distance between the points at time 0 and time t grows at least of the order t^(1/s), where s denotes the step of the Carnot group. In particular, in subFinsler Carnot groups there are no periodic normal geodesics.