--- title: "3 Richard Askwith Quotes" description: "Richard Askwith is a British journalist and author. He is best-known for the cult 2004 fell running book Feet in the Clouds, which won him the Best New ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/richard-askwith-75991_quote_emil-believed-that-beer-was-not-only-nob_1464095.jpg" --- # Richard Askwith **3** quotes in **1** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Richard Askwith is a British journalist and author. He is best-known for the cult 2004 fell running book Feet in the Clouds, which won him the Best New Writer prize at the Sports Book Awards. The book was also shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and the Boardman Tasker Prize for ## Quotes by Richard Askwith > [“Emil believed that beer was not only noble – the drink of the old Moravians – but positively beneficial for running. ‘This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-askwith/emil-believed-that-beer-was-not-only-noble-the-drink-of-the-old/) [Richard Askwith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-askwith/) [Beer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/richard-askwith-75991_quote_emil-believed-that-beer-was-not-only-nob_1464095.jpg) > [“Emil was aiming for 29:15 – just over six seconds faster than his existing record – but in the second half of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-askwith/emil-was-aiming-for-29-15-just-over-six-seconds-faster-than-his/) [Richard Askwith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-askwith/) [World record](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-record/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/richard-askwith-75991_world-record_emil-was-aiming-for-29-15-just-over-six_2596191.jpg) > [“If you want to enjoy something,’ he said later, ‘run 100 metres.235 If you want to experience something, run a marathon.’ These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-askwith/if-you-want-to-enjoy-something-he-said-later-run-100-metres-235-if/) [Richard Askwith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-askwith/) [Marathon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/marathon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/richard-askwith-75991_marathon_if-you-want-to-enjoy-something-he-said-l_3053673.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-askwith/#itemlist", "name": "Richard Askwith Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Emil believed that beer was not only noble – the drink of the old Moravians – but positively beneficial for running. ‘This gives me power,’ he once said to Jaromír Konůpka, quaffing from the bottle on the day of a race.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Askwith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-askwith/emil-believed-that-beer-was-not-only-noble-the-drink-of-the-old/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/richard-askwith-75991_quote_emil-believed-that-beer-was-not-only-nob_1464095.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/richard-askwith-75991_quote_emil-believed-that-beer-was-not-only-nob_1464095.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/richard-askwith-75991_quote_emil-believed-that-beer-was-not-only-nob_1464095.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Emil believed that beer was not only noble – the drink of the old Moravians – but positively beneficial for…” — Richard Askwith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Emil was aiming for 29:15 – just over six seconds faster than his existing record – but in the second half of the race he began to step up the pace. 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