You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe. — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed. — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
Three half-mile repeats on the track at 5-K race pace with a short recovery jog in between shouldn't scare anyone away-and it… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
When I am totally race fit, I don't worry about breathing or technique - they take care of themselves. — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming. — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older. — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
What you did was live on very little. I think all of us that were competing - Bill is the same way - you… — Frank Shorter Copy Share
When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you. — Frank Shorter Copy Share
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a… — Frank Shorter Copy Share
When I am totally race fit, I don't worry about breathing or technique - they take care of themselves. — Frank Shorter Copy Share
When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something… — Frank Shorter Copy Share
The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my… — Frank Shorter Copy Share
I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older. — Frank Shorter Copy Share
The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go to Europe… — Frank Shorter Copy Share
I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles… — Frank Shorter Copy Share
My goal has always been to slow down as slowly as possible. It's as simple as that. — Frank Shorter Copy Share
It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in… — Frank Shorter Copy Share
