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Long Distance Runner Inspirational Quotes (404)

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I love running. It's as simple as that ... it has given me endless rewards: physical, emotional, and professional. The benefits of running are lifelong. I ran as a child, and I intend to run into my old age.
Grete Waitz
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One step at a time, I get to make positive choices to fulfill my dreams.
Deena Kastor
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Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.
Don Kardong
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To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
Steve Prefontaine
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Go out hard and finish harder.
Dean Karnazes
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Set small goals along the way and don't be overwhelmed by the process.
Kara Goucher
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Keep varying the program. Your body will tell you what to do.
Joan Benoit
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Running gives me a clearer perspective on the world, and it makes me feel special. I've never been a traditional tourist. I've always seen the world by running, and that has allowed me to view things in a different way. Places look different in the early-morning hours, when the streets are deserted.
Grete Waitz
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Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.
Don Kardong
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Hills are speedwork in disguise.
Frank Shorter
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That's what sometimes separates people who always run and always train and people who maybe move on in life and do something else. I think I'm a lot more likely to be someone like Joan Benoit (Samuelson), who keeps going forever, just because I actually really like it, as opposed to someone who stops and never runs again.
Dathan Ritzenhein
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I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.
Lynn Jennings
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I start planning then that's dangerous because then I have a target that I'm blinkered towards and I won't listen to the warning signs quite so much. I'd rather be in shape and then look around and say there's a race next week and jump into that than have it planned.
Paula Radcliffe
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When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting.
Doris Brown Heritage
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Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.
Scott Jurek
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When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you.
Frank Shorter
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The Olympics is not a race I want to watch on television and think 'I wonder what I could have done if I was there?
Paula Radcliffe
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For me, challenging myself with this type of endeavor [ultramarathons] brings the best out in me because even at the darkest, deepest moments when I feel like I can't go on, when I feel like there's no chance I could break the record or much less finish the trail, somehow I find that strength inside of me.
Scott Jurek
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Don't listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only you can find your potential.
Marla Runyan
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When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.
Bernard Lagat
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Dont worry about people telling you to stop doing too much and that you will burn out. Burning out is mental, and if you are tough you can do anything.
Dathan Ritzenhein
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The journey isn't always perfect, but always worth taking.
Kara Goucher
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I am inspired by honest people who don't cheat others. To me the famous are those who are kind to fellow human beings and dedicate their life to charity.
Fauja Singh
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I have retired but only in body. Spiritually, I still feel able.
Fauja Singh
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