I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
I love sprinting, but I hate long-distance running. Isn't that funny? — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“The research is very clear: around 50% of distance runners at any given time are injured.” — Matthew Silver Copy Share Image
“Distance running demands a brain-body connection that no other creature is capable of.” — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself. — Franz Stampfl Copy Share Image
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I… — Steve Prefontaine Copy Share Image
The obsession with running is really an obsession with the potential for more and more life. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
“There was something terribly sad, yet terribly uplifting, about watching this prophet of the ancient art of distance running turning his back… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
“The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
We do a lot of lifting, and mix it up with upper body and lower body. A lot of circuit training for… — Madison Keys Copy Share Image
The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be… — Jacqueline Gareau Copy Share Image
“Long-distance running is not just about training, stamina or talent. It has more to do with controlling your mind and building your… — Sumedha Mahajan Copy Share Image
We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. I mean, we're the animal that is best… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I've never timed myself over 100m, but I have done a test over shorter distances, 20m or 30m, with and without the… — Ronaldo Copy Share Image
Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one's opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents;… — Franz Stampfl Copy Share Image
When the meal was over we all had a quiet rest in our rooms and I meditated on the race. This is… — Gordon Pirie Copy Share Image
“I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost to them. This sentiment remained pretty much unchanged after I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I haven't seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in… — Billy Mills Copy Share Image
Slow-twitch muscle fibers are mostly used for long endurance exercises like aerobics, swimming, and distance running. Fast-twitch muscle fibers are generally more… — David Kirsch Copy Share Image
The way to get through anything mentally painful is to take it a little at a time. The mind can't handle dealing… — Joe De Sena Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent… — Robert de Castella Copy Share Image
Being on a major network television show is like long-distance running: You have to pace yourself and maintain your energy level and… — Kathryn Erbe Copy Share Image
“I hate running. Hate, hate, hate it. Running is something that skinny people do so they can brag about it to those… — Larry Correia Copy Share Image
“Distance running was revered because it was indispensable; it was the way we survived and thrived and spread across the planet. You… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“Like a lot of gym teachers, Coach Babcock loved to torture his students. He felt he had failed as a teacher if… — Michael Buckley Copy Share Image
“That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“A national obsession with a particular sport does not occur in a vacuum. Something lights the match. In the early twentieth century,… — Fitzgerald Matt Copy Share Image
“As Louie bent, gasping, over his spent legs, he marveled at the kick that he had forced from his body. It had… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
“No matter how much long-distance running might suit me, of course there are days when I feel kind of lethargic and don’t… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
