#run

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#averaging #day #full #going #graduated

Because running fast is more fun than running slow. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#fast #fun #more #running #slow

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#grow #heroes #i #like #now

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 also held several masters running titles. ↗

— Frank Shorter

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I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#i can #long #plan #plans #running

Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#get #help #might #off #others

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

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#biggest #career #day #experience #gold