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The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between
burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot
coals.
Hal Higdon.
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I believe that by living as athletes
we live more fully.
Gloria
Averbuch
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You
only ever grow as a human being if you're outside your comfort zone.
Percy
Cerutty
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If
you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20
miles you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal!
Rob
de Castella
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You
have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind
can't know what's coming.
Frank
Shorter
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This is not about instant
gratification. You have to work hard for it, sweat for it, give up
sleeping in on Sunday mornings.
Lauren Fessenden |
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Running
changed my life and brought it into balance. I now feel as though my
entire essence, body, and soul is centered.
Donna Isaacson |
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There's
nothing quite like your first marathon. The adrenaline just flows.
Marion Irvine |
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It didn't
matter that we were last. We knew we were finishing, that we would
endure to the end.
Thomas King |
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I know I can
run a marathon, ironically something I couldn't do in my younger years.
This aging thing isn't so bad after all.
Jim Miller |
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Few things in
life match the thrill of a marathon
Fred Lebow |
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Running is a
kind of investment in yourself.
Kevin Nelson |
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Consistency
requires discipline. Force yourself out the door.
Bob Glover |
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Experienced
runners learn to respect the changing needs of their
bodies. That's the wisdom that comes with time, and - for good or bad -
with age.
Fred Lebow |
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It's
hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat
the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against
the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.
Dr. George Sheehan |
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I ran to be
free; I ran to avoid pain; I ran to feel pain; I ran out of love and
hate and anger and joy.
Dagny Scott |
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It's my own
space, my own time, when I'm just out there letting my thoughts go.
It's a part of my day like eating, and it's one of my favorite parts.
Louise Kent |
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My philosophy
on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it.
Joan Samuelson |
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Sustained
motivation is essential to achieving your potential.
Grete Waitz |
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Success does
not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those
who continue running.
Amby Burfoot |
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Some running should be different mentally just the way it is
different physically. On my easy runs, I may use the time to relax and
let my mind wander, but I never do that in hard workouts or races.
Grete Waitz |
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The way I see it, you have to view running time not as extra or wasted time, but as important, productive contemplation time
Fred Lebow |
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I know I can run a marathon, ironically something I couldn't do in my younger years. This aging thing isn't so bad after all.
Jim Miller |
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