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Being a runner means you are now ‘free’ to win and lose and live life to its fullest.

Bill Rodgers

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
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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Mean Running Years
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
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
I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.
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Marathon Rain Ran
I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.
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Believe Running Shoes
I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc
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Believe Mean Running
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
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
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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Athlete Distance Drug Tackled
Hills are terrific for running
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Hills Running Terrific
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
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
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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Country Giants Sports Starting
The marathon can humble you.
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Boston Humble Marathon Running
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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Believe Hills Running

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