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Tag: marathon, running

Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

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Remember, it’s the pace that kills, never the distance.

marathon, running

In an era when man can no longer dash out of his cave and slay a mammoth, he simply slips on his Lycra and goes for a run.

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Success breeds success on a marathon route. If you can prove to yourself that you are doing well, then invariably you will do even better.

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Friedrich Nietzsche got pretty hung up on the notion of human will; really all he needed were some running shoes, Lycra and a place in the Berlin Marathon.

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It had been said that the marathon doesn’t really begin until mile twenty. I say mile twenty-six would be more appropriate. The final two-tenths of a mile is filled with emotion. No matter how desperately you’re struggling at this point, thoughts typically drift away from the immediate task at hand (ie, survival) to broader feelings.

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Kathrine Switzer

When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They’re weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.

marathon, running