#or

Because running fast is more fun than running slow. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#fast #fun #more #running #slow

Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#becoming #friends #going #i #i think

There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#because #been #before #doing #had

As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#again #been #benefits #enjoying #gain

I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#door #had #i #i think #just

In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#health #in other words #into #marketed #other

It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity - and Bill alluded to this - so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#alluded #athlete #bill #child #find

So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#i #i can #lawyer #least #olympic

The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#blow #competitors #debt #energy #had

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#easy #elite #hard #learn #means