--- title: "1 Marking Quotes By Don Kardong" description: "1 Marking quotes by Don Kardong. Plus more from Don Kardong and more Marking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/don-kardong-15282_again_sure-the-first-light-snowfall-may-be-a-c_1156913.jpg" --- > [Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right to the domain. But later drubbings of snow merely complicate running. Snow turns to ice, to slush, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/sure-the-first-light-snowfall-may-be-a-chance-to-dance-giddily/) [Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/don-kardong-15282_again_sure-the-first-light-snowfall-may-be-a-c_1156913.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marking/don-kardong/#itemlist", "name": "1 Marking Quotes By Don Kardong", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right to the domain. 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