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Long Distance Runner Inspirational Quotes (404)

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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I never feel more alive than when I'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it!
Dean Karnazes
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Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown - can I do this? - thats where the growth comes from, the pain. I dont remember the running effortlessly I remember the hard times adversity breathes transformation.
Scott Jurek
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I know what I want when I start a marathon: to win! But what do you want? Make sure you're clear in advance and don't go out too fast.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I think what I represent is achieving what you want in life. It's a matter of your attitude. Some people have a negative attitude, and that's their disability.
Marla Runyan
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Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your dream, follow your heart, follow your passion, run your own race and believe in yourself. I think anybody who wants to succeed has to have passion. My love for this sport, you can't instill it in someone else.
Joan Benoit
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You must have a training routine so that what you do happens automatically. If I got up in the morning and thought about going for a run there would often be a number of possible arguments against it. The thing is to get out and run. Later you can wonder whether you should have or not.
Robert de Castella
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The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.
Paavo Nurmi
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As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.
Scott Jurek
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As far as being a coach, it's always fascinated me. It's a greater responsibility than most people give it credit for because you're dealing with people.
Steve Prefontaine
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For me a day without training is like a day without eating.
Haile Gebrselassie
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A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them.The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event.
Paula Radcliffe
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For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.
Frank Shorter
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Coffee doesn't do it for me it's running that gets me going.
Joan Benoit
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You know it's going to hurt, you know you are going to struggle, but you Have to work on your form, stay upright, the sooner you get there the sooner the pain is over.
Meb Keflezighi
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I don't think I would have been such a good runner if I hadn't enjoyed it.
Grete Waitz
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It is necessary to dig deep within oneself to discover the hidden grain of steel called will.
Ryan Shay
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One must be one's own inspiration.
Tegla Loroupe
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The moment I fell in love with running, I started forgetting my grief and traumas.
Fauja Singh
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As long as my heart's still in it, I'll keep going. If the passion's there, why stop?... There'll likely be a point of diminishing returns, a point where my strength will begin to wane. Until then, I'll just keep plodding onward, putting one foot in front of the other to the best of my ability. Smiling the entire time.
Dean Karnazes
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He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I've always been good at putting things behind me–I fall apart, do my crying bit, and then put it away and move on.
Paula Radcliffe
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The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.
Grete Waitz
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I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.
Steve Prefontaine
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