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Long Distance Runner Inspirational Quotes (404)

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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Nobody likes tainted victories.
Steve Prefontaine
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Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.
Scott Jurek
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Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
Lynn Jennings
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Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.
Shalane Flanagan
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I'm pretty fundamental when it comes to running. A basketball player doesn't practice his free throw shooting by doing slam dunks all over the place. He does it by practicing free throws. That's the attitude I take: You don't get better at running by doing everything but running. You get better by running.
Chris Solinsky
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There are no shortcuts. Be patient and look long-term. It's a foolish idea that if you do a little more, faster, then you'll get better than the rest. It ignores the fact that you must train at your optimal level, not your maximum level. Consistency is the secret to improvement and success. You have to keep training when others lose interest.
Robert de Castella
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In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut repetitions and hill repeats that buckly your knees - at that moment in almost every race when you ask yourself how much you're willing to hurt to catch one more runner - you can draw strength and inspiration from your running mates.
Don Kardong
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There will always be something to strive for. My hope is for the heart to strive forever.
Joan Benoit
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Today was not about times, it was about getting in there, enjoying the race, and enjoying the atmosphere
Paula Radcliffe
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Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.
Kara Goucher
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Even today, in retirement, I find it very distracting if there is conversation during a run. I work out as much for my head as I do for my body. I'm a thinker. A lot of my ideas come to me more easily when I am running. That is why I like to run in the morning.
Grete Waitz
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Runners in the western world have a tendency to create psychological barriers for themselves, but Morceli runs at will, with no inhibitions.
Eamonn Coghlan
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It was a very strange, disappointing race in that no one wanted to take it out. That's why I took the lead. I wanted some people to run the real distance and that was frustrating. So I took the pace around the second lap, which in some ways is suicidal...but I wanted the pace to be honest.
Marla Runyan
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.
Veikko Karvonen
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What we eat is a matter of life and death.
Scott Jurek
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I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.
Frank Shorter
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Once you've committed yourself to something, pace yourself to the finish line.
Meb Keflezighi
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You see, with me, when I'm nervous, I smile and laugh.
Paula Radcliffe
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Obviously, I'm suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother.
Bernard Lagat
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When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Don't wait until you get hungry to eat. Eating throughout the day is best. And obviously sleep is important.
Meb Keflezighi
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The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared.
Frank Shorter
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