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Runners…you’re competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.

Bill Rodgers

Personally, I always felt times aren’t so excellent as are performances.
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Excellence Excellent Performance
I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.
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Marathon Rain Ran
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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Running Simple Sports
Being a lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors – that is what motivates me.
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Giving Knowing Running
Good health, peace of mind, being outdoors, camaraderie – those are all wonderful things that come to you when running. But for me, the real pull of running – the proverbial icing on the cake – has always been racing.
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Cake Real Running Wonderful
Runners…you’re competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.
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Fun Running Thinking
A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
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Change Giving Running
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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Dog Nice Running
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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Athlete Drinking Motivational
Being a runner means you are now ‘free’ to win and lose and live life to its fullest.
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Life Mean Winning
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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Bomb Feelings Race
I often lose motivation, but it’s something I accept as normal.
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Motivation Normal Running
I can’t even imagine what it’s like to run for 5 or 6 hours.
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Hours Imagine Running
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.
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Goal Keys Years
The marathon can humble you.
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Boston Humble Marathon Running
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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Advice Philosophy Running

Runners…you’re competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.

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Runners…you’re competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.

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