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title: "3 Encourage Quotes By Don Kardong"
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> [A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/a-good-teammate-is-someone-willing-to-get-outside-of-personal/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

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> [Cheer for your teammates, regardless of whether they're fast or slow, veteran or neophyte, varsity or JV. Or rally the spirits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/cheer-for-your-teammates-regardless-of-whether-they-re-fast-or-slow/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

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> [Support the athlete, encourage the team, help the coach. That's what good track parents do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/support-the-athlete-encourage-the-team-help-the-coach-that-s-what/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

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## Other authors on Encourage

## More by Don Kardong

> [Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/runners-like-to-train-100-miles-per-week-because-it-s-a-round-number/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [The toughest trail I ever ran was the Escarpment in the Catskills of New York State. This was an 18-mile race through Rip Van…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/the-toughest-trail-i-ever-ran-was-the-escarpment-in-the-catskills-of/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [Beginning runners come in all shapes, sizes and pre-existing conditions, so there's no magic formula for determining exactly how much basic running is needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/beginning-runners-come-in-all-shapes-sizes-and-pre-existing/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut repetitions and hill repeats that buckly your knees -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/in-those-long-lonely-miles-you-put-in-during-the-off-season-and-in/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [Cold is not without its risks to runners, of course, especially ones who don't head south when winter visits their neighborhood. Even pooh-pooh-ers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/cold-is-not-without-its-risks-to-runners-of-course-especially-ones/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [If an athlete takes a shortcut - literally, for example, by running a street that shortens the marathon route by a quarter mile -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/if-an-athlete-takes-a-shortcut-literally-for-example-by-running-a/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [Fartlek, or speed play, is variable-pace running that emphasizes creativity. During a 30-minute run, choose objects to run to - telephone poles, trees, buildings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/fartlek-or-speed-play-is-variable-pace-running-that-emphasizes/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [Running at night used to frighten me. Part of it was simply safety, the question of whether level ground would truly appear under each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/running-at-night-used-to-frighten-me-part-of-it-was-simply-safety-the/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/a-good-teammate-is-someone-willing-to-get-outside-of-personal/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/we-ultra-runners-alternate-between-depression-and-stupidity/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/you-entered-a-marathon-with-hills-you-idiot/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [When I was in middle school, and teachers lectured about World War II, the conflict seemed impossibly distant and irrelevant. And it had only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/when-i-was-in-middle-school-and-teachers-lectured-about-world-war-ii/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [When I started running, a gadget was a wristwatch with a secondhand on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/when-i-started-running-a-gadget-was-a-wristwatch-with-a-secondhand-on/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want - Why? Because (a) you'll burn all the calories you consume,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/if-you-run-100-miles-a-week-you-can-eat-anything-you-want-why-because/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

> [For most teenage runners, the right foods means a varied diet, decreasing the amount of fat found in the typical American diet and replacing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/for-most-teenage-runners-the-right-foods-means-a-varied-diet/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

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