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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.

Bill Rodgers

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
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
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
A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
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Change Giving Running
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
Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.
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Marathon Running Tasks
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
If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
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Race Running Winning
Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.
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Race Smart Views
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 RODGERS

Goal Keys Years
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
Personally, I always felt times aren’t so excellent as are performances.
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Excellence Excellent Performance
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 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
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

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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