Having your goal to focus on is key, but don’t let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.
BILL RODGERSEvery race is totally different.
More Bill Rodgers Quotes
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My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.
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I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.
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Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.
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My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.
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Every time I bomb out, I have to come back. I have a feeling after a bad race that my next one will be good.
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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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Hills are terrific for running
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You cannot always run at your best.
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Personally, I always felt times aren’t so excellent as are performances.
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I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.
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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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I want to run until I can’t run
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A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
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The advice I have for beginners is the same philosophy that I have for runners of all levels of experience and ability — consistency, a sane approach, moderation and making your running an enjoyable, rather than dreaded, part of your life.
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If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
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