Personally, I always felt times aren’t so excellent as are performances.
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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Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.
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Age 50 is a lot tougher than 40s
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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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You cannot always run at your best.
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Every race is totally different.
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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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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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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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The marathon can humble you.
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I can’t even imagine what it’s like to run for 5 or 6 hours.
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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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A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
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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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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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