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Long Distance Runner Inspirational Quotes (404)

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You can hurt more than you ever thought possible, then continue until you discover that hurting isn't that big a deal.
Scott Jurek
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If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.
Robert de Castella
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I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia.
Haile Gebrselassie
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There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved.
Chris Brasher
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Some people feel 'transformed' from the first day they begin running others feel that it's just plain hard work. Most of us realize it is both. I know how great running can feel, but I also know it can feel not so great, even downright awful! It can be fun, but it takes work to have that fun.
Grete Waitz
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Hill sprints are good for everyone!
Kara Goucher
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I race to win. That's the point.
Dathan Ritzenhein
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No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.
Steve Prefontaine
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Years ago, women sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and discussing life. Now they discuss the same topics while they run.
Joan Benoit
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Do the small things. If you are running a 10-12 minute mile take a mile off your plan for the day and use the 6 minutes before and after to stretch. A lot of the times we all want to go go go but it's important to stretch the calves and the hamstrings and nutritionally you know?
Meb Keflezighi
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A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication! It's a tough formula. Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer.
Robert de Castella
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A lot of ultramarathoners are soloists. They're single and live lives off the grid.
Dean Karnazes
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To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.
Louis Zamperini
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However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.
Louis Zamperini
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To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind.
Louis Zamperini
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Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.
Paula Radcliffe
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I haven't seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in Barcelona willing to risk, more than men. The Kenyans risk. Steve Prefontaine risked. I risked - I went through the first half of the Tokyo race just a second off my best 5000 time.
Billy Mills
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Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.
Frank Shorter
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The Kenyans haven't done much in the last two games, in fact they haven't competed since 1972
Brendan Foster
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I'm feeling alright, I am pretty happy with it. I was trying to catch her, around 37k my calf started to cramp on me a little so I had to make sure to run smart so I didn't completely cramp up. When the Aussie caught me I figured my medal contention might be up but I ended up catching 4th.
Lanni Marchant
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You can't do in a race what you haven't prepared for.
Kara Goucher
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Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible, nothing unattainable.
Kara Goucher
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I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family.
Grete Waitz
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We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we move toward that goal.
Scott Jurek
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