Able Quote by Jack Lovelock

We may train or peak for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

— Alberto Salazar

Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good.

— Hal Higdon

Its always a little different, racing on your hometown track. It makes it more special.

— Buddy Rice

I always enjoyed the training more than I did the racing. There was a high level of anxiety in racing that I did not…

— Gerry Lindgren

It's always a little different, racing on your hometown track. It makes it more special.

— Buddy Rice

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

— Alberto Salazar

In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut repetitions and hill repeats that buckly your knees -…

— Don Kardong

We're involved in racing because there's that element of competition. But there's that desire to push yourself beyond the natural comfort zone and the…

— Allan McNish

There simply is nothing else like it. And, as a test of physical and mental endurance it has no equal. Other sports may be…

— Chris Boardman

Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.

— Kara Goucher

More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.

— Ryan Hall

I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training…

— Bill Rodgers