#marathon

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

#blow #competitors #debt #energy #had

A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon. ↗

— Joan Van Ark

#couple #i #la #marathon #ran

And then there's the perverse joy of subtly working in references to marathon training in daily life, say at the post office or while waiting outside my first-graders' classrooms at the end of the school day. ↗

— Sarah Bowen Shea

#marathon #running #family

I love running. I’m not into marathons, but I am into avoiding problems at an accelerated rate.
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— Jarod Kintz

#avoiding #evasive #fear #funny #humor

If you're on the treadmill next to me, the answer is YES, we are racing. ↗

— Loves Running

#running #love

Long Distance training can be a positive & constructive form of selfishness. After all, once you're at the starting line, you're there by yourself. No one can run a single step for you. No one can jump in & help you. No one but you can make the decisions about what to do to keep going. It's all up to you. ↗

— John Bingham

#marathoning-for-mortals #running #inspirational

In a country where only men are encouraged, one must be one's own inspiration. ↗

— Tegla Loroupe

#marathon #running #women #inspirational

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race. ↗

— Martin Lel

#being #city #i #invited #know

Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what kepes us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, & all of those voices that tell you what you can & cannot do & can & cannot be. ↗

— John Bingham

#marathoning-for-mortals #running #courage

But yeah, Ann [Trason] insisted, running was romantic; and no, of course her friends didn't get it because they'd never broken through. For them, running was a miserable two miles motivated solely by size 6 jeans: get on the scale, get depressed, get your headphones on, and get it over with. But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it, like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it. ↗

— Christopher McDougall

#running #ultrarunners #motivational