Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.
BILL RODGERSI 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
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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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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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 biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.
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The marathon can humble you.
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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 lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors – that is what motivates me.
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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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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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If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
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I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.
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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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A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.
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I ran my fastest marathon in the rain.
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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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