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Marathon Runner Inspirational Quotes (483)

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I find the business world hard.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the marathon. It's the not the best indicator, but it's more how you feel, how you cover the distance and how you are able to do the training afterward.
Ryan Hall
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There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end.
Jeff Galloway
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Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.
Bill Rodgers
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My school was six miles away from where I lived on the farm. I had to walk and run, there and back every day, through gorges and over rivers. If I was late, there was a very big stick waiting for me.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I want my time spent running to serve as a reward.
Frank Shorter
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Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
Alan Turing
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If you feel positive, you have a sense of hope. If you have hope, you can have courage.
Kathrine Switzer
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When I finished the Boston race in 1967, there were two things I wanted to do. I wanted to become a better athlete because my first marathon was 4:20. In those days, that was considered a jogging time and I knew people were going to tease me. But I was more fascinated with what women could do if they only had the chance.
Kathrine Switzer
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It takes faith and the courage to risk failure in order to realize one's destiny. Having had my share of failures throughout my career I know that it is well worth the risk.
Ryan Hall
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Age for me is just a number.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Every day I spend time on the treadmill. I am walking faster, stronger and harder than I was two months ago.
Grete Waitz
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I try to think about positive things - how great my form is, how my arms are swinging, my breathing, how loud people are cheering. My sports psychologist taught me there are a million things telling you you can't keep going, but if you find the things that say you can, you're golden.
Kara Goucher
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I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.
Alberto Salazar
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I often lose motivation, but it's something I accept as normal.
Bill Rodgers
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She hasn't run faster than herself before
Zola Budd
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It's wrong to believe that you need a certain physical body type to run. All body types can run. It's not about your legs, muscles, or cellulite. It's not about the physical side of things. If you train your brain, your body will follow. It's that simple. The hard part isn't getting your body in shape. The hard part is getting your mind in shape.
Amby Burfoot
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But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.
Ryan Hall
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There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff.
Frank Shorter
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More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.
Ryan Hall
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The more you frame the marathon as a stressful experience, the more negative messages you'll receive. But it's just as easy to frame it as a positively challenging journey.
Jeff Galloway
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Being a runner, professional or recreational, means that you are part of a community that stretches across the globe.
Lanni Marchant
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Sustained motivation is essential to achieving your potential.
Grete Waitz
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Erase from your mind that your preparation must be perfect. Hard work + dedication = a shot at your dreams. Keep believing.
Kara Goucher
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