Preparing yourself for a marathon? Here are inspiring running quotes about the physical and mental challenges of running a marathon.
1. “Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.”
– Dr. George Sheehan, cardiologist and former medical editor for Runner’s World magazine
2. “It is tough to train for a marathon, but it is a lot more tough to not be able to train for a marathon.”
– Aaron Douglas Trimble, actor
3. “You’re working on guts. On fumes. Your muscles twitch. You throw up. You’re delirious. You keep running due to the fact that there’s no way out of this hell you’re in since there’s no method you’re not crossing the finish line. It’s a torment that non-runners do not comprehend.”
– Martine Costello, journalist and material strategist
You dip into the discomfort so slowly that the damage is done before you are conscious of it. When the awareness comes, it is agonizing.”
– John Farrington, Australian marathoner
5. “The marathon is like a bullfight. There are 2 ways to kill a bull. There is the easy method, for one. However all the excellent matadors wind up either dead or trampled since for them killing the bull is not almost as important as how they kill the bull. They constantly approach the bull at the greatest threat to themselves, and I appreciate that. In the marathon, likewise, there are two methods to win.
Or you can press, challenge the others, make it an amazing race, running the risk of everything. Maybe you lose, but as for me, I ‘d rather run a gutsy race, pushing all the method and lose, then run a conservative, easy race only for a win.”
– Alberto Salazar, three-time winner of the NYC Marathon
6. “Aiming for the marathon is a job of sorts which can consist of excellent low and high.”
– Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of the NYC and Boston Marathon
“The marathon’s about being in contention over the last 10K. To be able to draw deep and pull something out of yourself is one of the most incredible things about the marathon.”
– Rob de Castella, Australian world champion marathon runner
8. “The marathon is not really about the marathon, it’s about the shared struggle. And it’s not only the marathon but the training.”
– Bill Buffum, Boulder Road Runners
9.” No marathon gets much easier later. The halfway point just marks completion of the start.”
– Joe Henderson, running writer
10. “The music of a marathon is an effective stress, among those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake enjoyments, to discipline the body, to find guts, to restore faith, and to turn into one’s own individual, entirely and completely.”
– George Sheehan, running author
11.” I would enjoy for everybody in this nation to run one marathon a year.”
– Gary Muhrcke, winner of the very first NYC Marathon
12. “I likewise feel it usually takes 4 or five races to hit your finest marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.”
– Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of the NYC and Boston Marathon
13. “Marathoning. The triumph of desire over factor.”
– New Balance, athletic apparel company
14. “Learn to run when feeling the discomfort: then press harder.”
– William Sigei, Kenyan long distance runner
“If you feel bad at 10 miles, you’re in difficulty. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you’re typical.
– Rob de Castella, Australian world champ marathon runner
That’s what makes the marathon both fearsome and remarkable. The much deeper you go into the unidentified, the more uncertain you end up being. Then you complete.
– Joe Henderson, running writer
17. “You need to forget your last marathon before you attempt another. Your mind can’t understand what’s coming.”
– Frank Shorter, 1972 Olympic marathon gold medalist
18. “There is a minute in every race. A moment where you can either stop, fold, or say to yourself, ‘I can do this.'”.
– Gatorade advertisement.
19. “The more you frame the marathon as a stressful experience, the more negative messages you’ll get. However it’s simply as easy to frame it as a positively tough journey.”.
– Jeff Galloway, U.S. Olympian, running author, and coach.
20. “The marathon continues to be a race of joy, a race of marvel.”.
– Hal Higdon, running author and coach.
21. “So many people crossing the goal of a marathon appearance as delighted as when I won. They have tears in their eyes. The sport is full of winners.”.
– Gary Muhrcke, winner of the first NYC Marathon.
22. “The person who begins the race is not the very same person who finishes the race.”.
23. “Running is not, as it so typically seems, only about what you performed in your last race or about the number of miles you ran recently. It is, in a far more essential method, about neighborhood, about valuing all the miles run by other runners, too.”.
– Richard O’Brien, runner.
24. “The marathon. How a typical runner ends up being more than average.”.
– New Balance, athletic apparel business.
25.” I enjoy the reality that not many individuals can say ‘Oh, I headed out and ran 20 miles today.’ I like how much commitment it takes and how much you discover a lot about yourself, your physical and psychological limits. There’s just something about it.”.
– Shalane Flanagan, 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathoner.
26. “Toeing the beginning line of a marathon, despite the language you speak, the God you praise or the color of your skin, all of us stand as equal. Perhaps the world would be a much better place if more people ran.”.
– Dean Karnazes, American ultramarathon runner and author.
27. “I dare you to train for a marathon, and not have it change your life.”.
– Susan Sidoriak, graphic designer and runner.
28. “A marathon is numerous miles. The surface is the last 26.2.”.
– Unknown.
29. “Everything you ever wanted to know about yourself, you can find out in 26.2 miles.”.
– Lori Culnane, marathon runner.
30. “You don’t need to be so difficult that it doesn’t injured, you just need to be difficult enough not to quit.”.
– Unknown.
31. “The reason people want to run the marathon is since the difficulty, physically, is you. The distance– how you get there– is all approximately you and how hard you work. That’s why people wish to do it.”.
– Meb Keflezighi, winner 2009 NYC Marathon and 2014 Boston Marathon.
