Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.
BILL RODGERSHaving your goal to focus on is key, but don’t let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.
More Bill Rodgers Quotes
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Don’t feel guilty about driving somewhere nice to run. If people can drive to a park to eat hot dogs, you can drive there to run.
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I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc
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However, I’ve also trained as much as 130 miles per week during periods when I worked a full-time job. It ultimately becomes second nature. It becomes a habit, a routine part of your daily life
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Being a lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors – that is what motivates me.
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I want to run until I can’t run
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Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It’s the easiest sport.
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The marathon can humble you.
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Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.
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Being a runner means you are now ‘free’ to win and lose and live life to its fullest.
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I believe you’ll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis
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To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year – but for a lifetime.
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A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
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Running is a very natural activity. If you get too caught up, you find yourself constantly seeking to make running something that it isn’t.
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Personally, I always felt times aren’t so excellent as are performances.
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I often lose motivation, but it’s something I accept as normal.
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