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Colleen De Reuck named USATF Masters Athlete of the Year

"I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results."
Bill Rodgers

Lactic Acid Is Good?

"The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank."
George Sheehan

2009 Track & field World Championship

"I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners."
Sebastian Coe

Understanding Training Progression

"If you start to feel good during an ultra, dont' worry you will get over it."
Gene Thibeault

A different approach to the sport of running

"I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises."
Buzz Aldrin

"There is no such thing as a bad carbohydrate."
Don Kardong

"Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts."
Steve Prefontaine

Running Can Be For Lovers

"Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that of us are in training and some are not."
George Sheehan

Is the human body built for distance

"It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse."
Ann Trason

Tucson Marathon: Going the distance

"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, gold medal winner of the 10,000 at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with a 46-second PR

Focusing on fitness

"I love controlling a race, chewing up an opponent. Let's get down and dirty. Let's fight it out. It's raw, animalistic, with no one to rely on but yourself. There's no better feeling than that." Adam Goucher, Winner 1999 US Nationals 5000 title

“All I want to do is drink beer and train like an animal.”
Rod Dixon

"The hardest step for a runner to take is the first one out the door."
Ron Clarke - world record marathon holder in the 1960's.

"Running is the greatest metaphor for life because you get out of it what you put into it."
Oprah Winfrey

"You have a choice. You can get angry or you can trust in the benevolence of the universe and the essential goodwill of people, and hope you don't get hurt."
Marla Runyan - represented USA in the 1500 meters at the 2000 Olympics... Marla is legally blind."

"If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience another life... run a marathon."
Emil Zatopek

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