Quotes by Hal Higdon - Page 1

I finished a marathon.
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Running
Finished
Marathon
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Life is a series of hard and easy runs.
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Running
Easy
Life Is
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It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.
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How would you describe the worst run you ever had? Precious!
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Running
Worst
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Whatever, the hour you run often is the best hour of the day.
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Running
Hours
Often Is
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The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.
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Running
Joy
Race
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There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.
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Inspirational
Running
Sports
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Rested, Refreshed, and Ready to run, the three Rs of peak performance.
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Running
Peak Performance
Three
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Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.
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Dream
Running
Let It Go
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It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more.
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Firsts
Half
Long
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The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.
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Running
Pain
Pride
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Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.
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Running
Marathon
Succeed
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Hills. We love them. We hate them. They make us strong. They make us weak. Today I chose to embrace hills.
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Cycling
Hate
Strong
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Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.
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Interest
Miles
Training
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Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.
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Running
Keys
Motivation
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I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no longer be.
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Running
Add
Years
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Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.
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Comfort
Training
Unique
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Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good.
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Running
Feel Good
People
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We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.
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Running
Bad Day
Workout
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What is the purpose of any one workout? Enjoyment? Improvement? Coach said so? Whatever, the hour you run often is the best hour of the day.
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Running
Often Is
Workout
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Running long offers a dress rehearsal. Running long teaches the stress of lifting feet 5,000 times per hour. Running long builds confidence.
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Running
Feet
Stress
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The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.
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Running
Differences
Hot
Pain
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I double-knot my shoe laces. It's a pain untying your shoes afterward-particularly if you get them wet-but so is stopping in the middle of a race to tie them.
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Pain
Shoes
Ties
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The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.
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Running
Giving
Important
Program
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There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb...suggests one day...for every kilometer run in anger.
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Running
Race
Recovery
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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?
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Running
Men
Distance
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Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.
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Motivational
Running
Bad Day
Hurt
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Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.
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Running
Judging
Judgment
Lost
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