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If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.

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Amby Burfoot
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
Journalist
Marathon Runner
Train
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Running
Else
Everything
Mind

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That's the beauty of starting lines: Until you begin a new venture, you never know what awaits you.
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Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world
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Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.
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Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy.
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The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.
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Too many people have refused to begin running or have quickly dropped out of running programs because they 'have no talent for it.' Ridiculous. Talent has nothing to do with it. The only thing that matters is mental discipline.
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As we run, we become.
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I like to say, and I truly believe, that every run brings new experiences. You just don't know what they might be until you actually do the run. That's one of my major reasons for pushing out the front door as often as I do-the adventure of it all.
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It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.
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Don't judge your running by your speed.
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To get to the finish line, you'll have to try lots of different paths.
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Life is a marathon, not a sprint pace yourself accordingly.
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Here’s my mantra: ‘Every mile is a gift.’
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Running is ultimately a personal experience. It is a revival of the spirit, a private oasis for the thirsty mind. Yet, its healing power only increases in the presence of others. Run together and the oasis grows cooler and more satisfying.
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It's not about how fast you go. It's not about how far you go. It's a process.
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I run because I enjoy it — not always, but most of the time. I run because I have always run — not trained, but run. What do I get? Joy and pain. Good health and injuries. Exhilaration and despair. A feeling of accomplishment and a feeling of waste. The sunrise and the sunset.
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You have to want it, you have to plan for it, you have to fit it into a busy day, you have to be mentally tough, you have to use others to help you. The hard part isn't getting your body in shape. The hard part is getting your mind in shape.
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I've never known a runner who had as much patience as he needed.
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Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new beginnings.
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I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.
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