Against Quote by Joe Henderson

Thanks to the race-day adrenaline rush, any pace will feel easier than normal. So make a conscious effort to hold back in the early…

— Lorraine Moller

When the race gets hard to run, it means you just can't take the pace

— Bob Marley

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

— Paula Radcliffe

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.

— Summer Sanders

The times when I am running the best are when it feels effortless. The body is on autopilot, doing what you have trained it…

— Perdita Felicien

Many runners worry about who is in the race, or they think about the time they must run to win. I only try to…

— Henry Rono

Set aside a time solely for running. Running is more fun if you don't have to rush through it.

— Jim Fixx

There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2…

— Jeff Galloway

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

I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the marathon. It's the not the…

— Ryan Hall

Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn't leave me,…

— Haruki Murakami

Concentrate on small segments of your race at a time. For example, rather than obsessing about the distance that remains, simply complete the next…

— Jerry Lynch