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I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.

Amby Burfoot

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Amby Burfoot
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 19
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Everyone stumbles at one time or another. It's the human condition
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Set a goal and a program for yourself, and everything else will follow. Guaranteed.
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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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Here’s my mantra: ‘Every mile is a gift.’
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Courage is crossing a starting line.
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As we run, we become.
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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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It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped.
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