Dream Quote by Hal Higdon

The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot…

— Hal Higdon

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can…

— Hal Higdon

“It is not how much training you do as much as it is how well you recover from it. Because if you do not…

— Hal Higdon

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

— Hal Higdon

Life is a series of hard and easy runs.

— Hal Higdon

The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.

— Hal Higdon

I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no…

— Hal Higdon

“For one thing, more and more women are running, outnumbering men in more and more marathons and half-marathons.”

— Hal Higdon

Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.

— Hal Higdon

The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.

— Hal Higdon

What is the purpose of any one workout? Enjoyment? Improvement? Coach said so? Whatever, the hour you run often is the best hour of…

— Hal Higdon

Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.

— Hal Higdon