Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race
Ron Hill, UK running legend and ran every day since 1964.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. Martina Navratilova winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles
Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.
Steve Prefontaine, legendary long distance runner.
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
Muhammad Ali, the world’s greatest boxer.
I wouldn’t say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.
Michael Phelps, US swimmer won 8 gold medals at 2008 Olympics.
If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.
Lance Armstrong, 7 times Tour de France winner.
To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who’s never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.
Jerome Drayto, triple winner of Fukuoko Marathon and Canadian marathon record holder.
We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.
Emil Zatope, winner of 4 Olympic gold medals at 5,000m, 10,000m, and marathon.
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.
Frank Shorte, 1972 Olympic gold medalist at the marathon.
It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.
Ann Trason, American ultra runner broken 20 world records
It’s a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast, you pay a price. If you run another part more slowly your overall time is slower.
Roger Bannister, the first man to beat the 4 minute mark for the mile.
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
Roger Bannister, the first man to beat the 4 minute mark for the mile.
