A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
BILL RODGERSRunners…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.
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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The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.
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I want to run until I can’t run
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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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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 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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Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.
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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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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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I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.
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If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
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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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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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Every race is totally different.
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Personally, I always felt times aren’t so excellent as are performances.
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