Best Running Training Quotes

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

If you train your mind for running, everything else will be easy.

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who’s never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.

Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.

I always loved running…. It was something you could do by yourself and under your own power.

Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy…It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed.

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.

Stadiums are for spectators. We runners have Nature, and that is much better.

Top results are achieved only through pain. But eventually you like this pain.

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.

If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want – Why? Because (a) you’ll burn all the calories you consume, (b) you deserve it, and (c) you’ll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway.

Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.

If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It’s raining? That doesn’t matter. I am tired? That’s besides the point. It’s simply that I just have to.

You shall become the person you are.

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can’t know what’s coming.

The only tactics I admire are do-or-die

The real competition is against the little voice inside you that wants to quit

It’s at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you’ll win… channel your energy. Focus.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.

Jogging is very beneficial. It’s good for your legs and your feet. It’s also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.

Anyone can run 20 miles. It’s the next six that count.

Good things come slow, especially in distance running.

There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.

It is true that speed kills. In distance running, it kills anyone who does not have it.

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn’t get any worse.

There’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes.

The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat.

The marathon can humble you.

My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.