“The marathon can humble you.”
Bill Rodgers
“Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can do and if I’m completely satisfied with my pace, distance and form as a runner. It’s only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards.”
John Bingham
“The starting line of the New York City marathon is kind of a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.”
“When I explain it to people I tell them the decathlon is like running a marathon. You really can't get another one in. It takes a lot out of you. It takes a couple of weeks to recover.”
Troy Irvine
“But he just seems to have an engine . . . that allows him to run marathons pretty well. He's also very solid. He had very few injuries in college, a little bit of a calf problem freshman year, that was it.”
Chris Smith
“He always wanted to run a marathon when he was at school. My recommendation was: Give it a few years after you graduate. You have to develop.”
“Everywhere we go, the running community has just embraced this as something Reno has needed for a long time. Marathon runners, for the most part, if they wanted to run a course on roads, had to leave this area.”
Doug Collins
