Building confidence Quote by Hal Higdon

“Long-distance running is not just about training, stamina or talent. It has more to do with controlling your mind and building your perseverance.”

— Sumedha Mahajan

If you have good gear and shoes, you can go for long runs and sustain yourself for a longer duration.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Depending on the day's training intensity, we stretch, work on mobility, everything to prepare myself well. Later, we train, and depending on the day…

— Raphael Varane

Long runs are definitely tedious, but I find that timing is important on them. I like to do my long runs either early in…

— Andi Dorfman

Doing the long endurance stuff seems to have given me the strength to sustain the speed. I think my body is just a lot…

— Paula Radcliffe

On the actual competition days, you get about three or four hours of physical exertion - between an hour-long warm-up, recovery in-between runs, the…

— Hannah Kearney

“During your first week as a runner, you might run thirty second intervals interspersed with ninety seconds of walking, but after a few workouts,…

— Jill Angie

I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.

— Sebastian Coe

Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical.

— Rich Davis

I run a lot. I love running. I try to run at least half an hour a day.

— Elisabeth Harnois

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

Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.

— Julie Isphording