Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.
BILL RODGERSHaving your goal to focus on is key, but don’t let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.
More Bill Rodgers Quotes
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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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Being a runner means you are now ‘free’ to win and lose and live life to its fullest.
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Hills are terrific for running
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I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.
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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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A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
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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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I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc
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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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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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If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
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I want to run until I can’t run
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Every race is totally different.
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I can’t even imagine what it’s like to run for 5 or 6 hours.
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You cannot always run at your best.
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