All Joe Henderson Quotes
- I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose it soon by making the… Break
- In fact, the bandits steal the drinks and assistance provided along the course. Worse, they cross the finish line and mess up the scoring of… Along
- Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came to… Came
- That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile. Comforting
- The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets… All
- The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is… Behind
- The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next… Chance
- The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been… Batteries
- They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions. Checking
- This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running… Act
- A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing. Changing
- Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per… Buzz
- His name, Buzz, fits. He can buzz along at 40 miles an hour when his genetic memory moves him. Along
- Yet the home courses are where you spend dozens to hundreds of hours a year. You must choose them well. Choose
- A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn't but still insists on running interferes with… Anyone
- I've lived nearby since 1981 and probably have averaged one run a week there. That's more than 1000 repetitions, and I have yet to tire… Averaged
- Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through… Ago
- Ours is a life of constant reruns. We're always circling back to where we'd we started, then starting all over again. Even if we don't… All
- That's how most of us would feel. But the sport has a few deviants without consciences. Consciences
- The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble the paying runners'… Along
- These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered… All
- Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do. Count
- When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can't make that time pass any faster by rushing, so you settle into… Any
- Where did you run today? Now there's a question you don't often hear. Hear