Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance. — Mao Zedong
Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running. — Julie Isphording
Anyone can run 20 miles. It's the next six that count. — Barry Magee
It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster. — Scott Jurek
When aerobic running becomes a daily habit, strength and confidence follow. — Arthur Lydiard
Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be. — Joyce Carol Oates
In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. — Haruki Murakami
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. — Steve Prefontaine
Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results. — Robert de Castella
That's the thing about running: your greatest runs are rarely measured by racing success. They are moments in time when running allows you to see how wonderful your life it. — Kara Goucher
Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself. — Walter Payton
Running is real. It’s all joy and woe, hard as diamond. It makes you weary beyond comprehension, but it also makes you free. — Jesse Owens
If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed. — Arthur Lydiard
They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner. — Chuck Knox
A runner must run with dreams in his heart. — Emil Zatopek
Short Distance Running Quotes
Running is my meditation, mind flush, cosmic telephone, mood elevator and spiritual communion. — Lorraine Moller
Learn to run when feeling the pain, then push harder. — William Sigei
If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon. — Emil Zatopek
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it. — Brooks Johnson
If one could run without getting tired I don't think one would often want to do anything else. — C. S. Lewis
Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived. — Dean Karnazes
The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart. — Bill Bowerman
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. — Jesse Owens
Fear has two meanings - Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.
Running Miles Quotes
Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all. — Terry Pratchett
If someone says, 'Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?' ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?.... The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles. — Bill Bowerman
If you're driving down a highway at fifty-five miles per hour and suddenly see a squirrel a few meters in front of you, it's too late for you to do anything about it, because you've already run it over! Your consciousness lives in the past. — Max Tegmark
Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.
On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. — Hunter S. Thompson
I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that's an important form of sport and recreation, too. — Bill Bowerman
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep but I have promises to keep... — Robert Frost
Distance yourself from negativity or it will deplete your well of optimism.
I don't think about the miles that are coming down the road, I don't think about the mile I'm on right now, I don't think about the miles I've already covered. I think about what I'm doing right now, just being lost in the moment. — Ryan Hall
My wife is very patient. On our honeymoon in 1992, we got a motor home and drove from L.A. to Idaho and then down the coast. I was running a lot, then so she would drop me off, drive six miles, park and wait for me. — Sean Astin
When you treat yourself right, you run better and more efficiently. Which means you don't have to go 100 miles an hour to get everything done. — Ann Curry
I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin. — Hugh Laurie
Long Distance Running Quotes
Walking long distances is fundamental to being a hunter-gatherer, but people sometimes have to run. One powerful motivation is to sprint to a tree or some other refuge when being chased by a predator. — Daniel Lieberman
We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we're the animal that is best of all the animals at long-distance running. Why? It is quite amazing. Superfluous gifts you don't really need to survive. — Freeman Dyson
One life. Just one. Why aren't we running like we are on fire towards our wildest dreams?
I get stoned, I can't get home, I'm calling long distance on a public saxophone. My head is achin', my back is breakin', feel I got run over by Captain Coconut and his dog named Rover. — Jimi Hendrix
During long, slow distance training, you should think of yourself as a thoroughbred disguised as a plow horse. No need to give yourself away by running fast. — Marty Liquori
It is always easiest to run with the herd; at times, it can take a deep reservoir of courage and conviction to stand apart from it. Yet distancing yourself from the crowd is an essential component of long-term investment success. — Seth Klarman
The scariest thing about distance is that you don't know whether they'll miss you or forget you.
Long slow distance makes long slow runners. — Jim Bush
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners. — Sebastian Coe
In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long distance runner, what does it matter, as long as he puts his garbage out on Tuesdays? — Hal Higdon
Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical. — Rich Davis
Running Training Quotes
Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself. — Usain Bolt
It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet to endure the road. You build calluses on your mind to endure the pain. There’s only one way to do that. You have to get out there and run. — David Goggins
When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference? — Jesse Owens
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man grows it under his feet.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon. — Kathrine Switzer
I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds — Henry Rollins
God sometimes removes people from your life to protect you. Don't run after them.
When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn't lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn't a question of their ability - it was a question of their ability to listen. — Jocko Willink
I know I'm more on television, and I'm more recognizable than maybe even the players because they run and train, but I just stand there, and my face does all these funny things that everyone can see all the time. — Jurgen Klopp
I was running to catch a train when one of my teachers saw me. He thought I was fast, time me, and later gave me my first instructions in sprinting. I happened to be at the right place at the right time. — Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz
I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs. — Amby Burfoot
Running Race Quotes
God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit. — LeCrae
Everything you need is already inside. — Bill Bowerman
He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front. — Benjamin E. Mays
Anyone can run away, it's super easy. Facing problems and working through them, that's what makes you strong.
Make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. — George S. Patton
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. — Gough Whitlam
If you commit yourself to the love of Christ, then that is how you run a straight race. — Eric Liddell
Running from your problems is just adding another one to the list.
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run. — Dennis Conner
The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others. Why allow the other fellow to bluff you? — Marcus Garvey
But if we can learn to fall more in love with the Lord and trust Him in the middle of every storm, we build our endurance to keep running the race. — Kari Jobe
Just put one foot in front of the other. — Austin Peck
Ultra Running Quotes
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. — Arthur C. Clarke
It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse. — Ann Trason
The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless. — Dean Karnazes
Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from negativity.
I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run…to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that. — Dean Karnazes
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better be running. — Abe Gubegna
The worst distance between to people is misunderstanding.
There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes. — Billy Connolly
There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner. — Dean Karnazes
If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it. — Yogi Berra
I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. — Sasha Azevedo
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. — Seneca
Attitude determines how well you do it. — Lou Holtz
Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly. — Amby Burfoot
I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way. — Arthur Lydiard
Far Distance Quotes
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him. — Ravi Zacharias
We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us. — Charles De Gaulle
If one is far away, one also gets far from the heart. — Turkish Proverbs
Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be. — Rick Warren
A good neighbour is better than a brother far off. — Danish Proverbs
It's about how you're like a lighthouse, always searching far into the distance. But the thing you're looking for is usually close to you and always has been. That's why you have to look within yourself to find answers instead of searching beyond. — Susane Colasanti
Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started. — Steve Prefontaine
There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday. — Robert Nathan
It is possible that a picture will move far away from Nature and yet find its way back to reality. The faculty of memory, experience at a distance produces pictorial associations. — Paul Klee
Long Runs Quotes
Believe in the best ... have a goal for the best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best — Henry Ford
Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you. — Booker T. Washington
Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run. — Gifford Pinchot
Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do if the players feel I didn't care for them. They know, in the long run, I'm in their corner. — Bo Schembechler
I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself. — Jesse Owens
As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes and a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run. — Sigurd F. Olson
Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it. — Patanjali
The Secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative stay smiling and keep running. — Fauja Singh
While monetary policy can contribute to growth by supporting a durable expansion in a context of price stability, it cannot reliably affect the long-run sustainable level of the economy's growth. — Jerome Powell
A good summary of investing history is that stocks pay a fortune in the long run, but seek punitive damages when you demand to be paid sooner. — Morgan Housel
Marathon Runners Quotes
When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time. — Haile Gebrselassie
If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run. — John Bingham
Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'. — Paul Tergat
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. — Juma Ikangaa
Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. — PattiSue Plumer
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 Drayton
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen
The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts. — John Landy
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming. — Frank Shorter
Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin with. (Marathon runners are exceptions to this.) — Robert M. Sapolsky
The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster. — Eric Liddell
The future’s too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster. — Frank Iero
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. — Brian Tracy
One trick to programming faster is to do less in your head & run the code more. — Greg Brockman
Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers. — Henry David Thoreau
I have two speeds. Fast and faster. I don't just run. I take it. — Arjen Robben
Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster. — Jon Bon Jovi
If you're chasing your dream, you're not running fast enough. Run faster — Puff Daddy
For me, running is about freedom. I find that the freer I feel, the faster I am. — Jennifer Beals
In running it is man against himself, the cruelest of opponents. The other runners are not the real enemies. His adversary lies within him, in his ability with brain and heart to master himself and his emotions. — Glenn Cunningham
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be. — George A. Sheehan
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body. — Lynn Jennings
Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run. — Rudyard Kipling
Running hills breaks up your rhythm and forces your muscles to adapt to new stresses. The result? You become stronger. — Eamonn Coghlan
Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished. — Jack Lovelock
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not. — George A. Sheehan
Concentrate on small segments of your race at a time. For example, rather than obsessing about the distance that remains, simply complete the next mile in good form...try another, then another, until the race is done. — Jerry Lynch
We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things. — John Wesley Powell
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves — Roger Bannister
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
The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well. — Pierre de Coubertin
The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank. — George A. Sheehan
In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it. — Sam Snead
Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning -- an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. — John Wesley Powell
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative. — Steve Prefontaine
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you'll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway. — Don Kardong
Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made. — PattiSue Plumer
Run like hell and get the agony over with. — Clarence DeMar
Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore. — Lasse Viren
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