You cannot always run at your best.
BILL RODGERSMy guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.
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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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Being a lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors – that is what motivates me.
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Personally, I always felt times aren’t so excellent as are performances.
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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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I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.
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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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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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Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.
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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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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 often lose motivation, but it’s something I accept as normal.
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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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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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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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Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It’s the easiest sport.
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