Good Quote by Eliud Kipchoge

One of my first races came over 10km in 2002. I won that race and it felt great. I would say that is when…

— Eliud Kipchoge

My first proper race was a full marathon in 1987. A work colleague convinced us this was the best way to start and signed…

— Hugh Dennis

My first competition outside Kenya was at the 2002 world cross country championships in Dublin, Ireland. I finished fifth in the junior race that…

— Eliud Kipchoge

I ran my first race the end of March, 1976. And less than four months later I was Olympic champion. But I had the…

— Edwin Moses

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

— Cathy Freeman

I raced from 1 February to 31 October every year, competed for everything.

— Eddy Merckx

I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.

— Taylor Phinney

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might…

— Roger Bannister

I came second in a 1,500-metre running race at school. I knew I couldn't have come first, so second was my version of first.

— Chet Faker

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a…

— Norah O'Donnell

I was a runner in Delhi's Army Public School. I started running when I was in class four and became the fastest sprinter in…

— Gautam Rode

I ran my first marathon in Florida in 1985. I had never run more than nine miles.

— Kim Alexis