They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner.
topic: Running, Distance, Long, Distance Runner, Break Even

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
topic: Motivational, Motivation, Habit, Daily Habits, Healthy Habits

It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.
topic: Running, Distance, Doe, Marathon Running, Motivational Cross Country Running
There's no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.
topic: Being Happy, Weather, Clothes, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
topic: Fitness, Running, Children, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running
source: "Diversification and Discipline Are Key to Investing in Gold" by Frank Holmes, www.businessinsider.com. August 21, 2014.
topic: Fitness, Running, Strong, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.
topic: Motivational, Running, Mean, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
topic: Running, Important, Care, Inspirational Runner, Important Values
The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank.
topic: Running, Differences, Blank, Great Running, Distance Runner
Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.
topic: Motivational, Running, Exercise, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.
source: "Coeurs d'athlètes". Sport/Documentary, 2003.
topic: Running, Giving, Answers, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
topic: Fitness, Workout, Thinking, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running
Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
topic: Positive Thinking, Mind, Pieces, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running
There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing
topic: Adventure, Weather, Inappropriate, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
Good things come slow, especially in distance running.
topic: Running, Giving Up, Distance, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.
topic: Running, Stadiums, Runners, Marathon Runners, Inspirational Runner
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.
source: George A. Sheehan, George Sheehan (1992). “Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great”, Outlet
topic: Running, Athlete, Differences, Funny Sports, Distance Runner
Run like hell and get the agony over with.
topic: Running, Agony, Hell, Inspirational Runner, Inspirational Track
topic: Running, Dedication, People, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life.
topic: Running, Obsession, Motivational Cross Country Running, Distance Runner, Distance Running
A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.
source: Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
topic: Depression, Role Models, People, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Running
If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.
topic: God, Running, Worry, Murphys Law, Funny Bumper Sticker
I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.
topic: Running, Distance, Long, Marathon Motivational, Inspirational Track
The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.
topic: Running, Cat, Long, Marathon Runners, Motivational Cross Country Running
topic: Running, Challenges, Racing, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
topic: Running, Distance, Marathon, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running
I always loved running.... It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.
topic: Running, Endurance, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running, Inspirational Training
source: Sir Roger Bannister (2011). “The First Four Minutes”, p.142, The History Press
topic: Motivational, Sports, Running, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit
topic: Running, Real, Voice, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners
You shall become the person you are.
source: Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, p.219, Vintage
topic: Jogging, Great Running, Distance Running, Marathon Motivational, Distance Runner
topic: Running, Distance, Home, Finland, Distance Runner
source: Ken Doherty (1964). “Modern training for running”, Prentice Hall
topic: Running, Winning, Creeds, Great Running, Distance Runner
In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
topic: Golf, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running, Inspirational Runner, Inspirational Track
Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
topic: Art, Philosophy, History, Marathon Running, Inspirational Runner
Onions make me sad. A lot of people don't realize that.
topic: Funny, Depression, Humor, Marathon Motivational, Inspirational Runner
The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.
topic: Running, Play, Four, Distance Runner, Distance Running
The Athlete defeats fear and conquers himself!
topic: Athlete, Defeat, Conquer, Distance Runner, Distance Running
Top results are achieved only through pain. But eventually you like this pain.
topic: Pain, Results, Great Running, Distance Runner
The mile has all the elements of a drama.
topic: Running, Drama, Elements, Distance Runner, Distance Running
topic: Running, Distance, Men, Distance Runner, Distance Running
Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
topic: Running, Body, Beats, Distance Runner, Cross Country Motivational
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
topic: Business, Winning, People, Daily Work, Marathon Motivational
It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.
source: Attributed to Emil Zatopek in "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Swifter, Higher, Stronger"), an unsigned article from Khaleej Times, August 8, 2008.
topic: Running, Pain, Not Giving Up, Great Running, Distance Runner