Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas. — Esa Tikkanen Copy Share Image
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year… But mostly I run because I am an… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Top results are achieved only through pain. But eventually you like this pain. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it. — Brooks Johnson Copy Share Image
Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made. — PattiSue Plumer Copy Share Image
I always loved running… It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Man is a distance runner as a consequence of hundreds of thousands of years of chasing antelopes, horses, elephants, wild cattle, and… — Paul Shepard Copy Share Image
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
That's one reason I think the 1,500 is so exciting. You have to be strong, have to be a distance runner. But… — Mary Cain Copy Share Image
Long-distance runners have to be very strange people. You have to really want to do it. You don't have to win or… — Ted Corbitt Copy Share Image
The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image
As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had… — Jane Fallon Copy Share Image
In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long… — Hal Higdon Copy Share Image
Nearly all runners do their slow runs too fast, and their fast runs too slow." Ken Mierke says. "So they're just training… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
Back in the 1970s, I ate a high-protein diet to get bigger and stronger. As a senior at Utah State, I weighed… — Dan John Copy Share Image
We've got to be long distance runners on the spiritual path. We want to run as fast as we can, but at… — Goswami Kriyananda Copy Share Image
The distance runner is mysteriously reconciling the separations of body and mind, of pain and pleasure, of the conscious and the unconscious.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The so-called new Russian man is characterized mainly by his complete exhaustion. You may find yourself wondering if he has the strength… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore. — Lasse Viren Copy Share Image
Go in any direction..seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs. — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who… — Jerome Drayton Copy Share Image
They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner. — Chuck Knox Copy Share Image
To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death. — Toshihiko Seko Copy Share Image
Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me. — Said Aouita Copy Share Image
Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better. — Juha Vaatainen Copy Share Image
