#runners

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#because #best #challenge #counts #everyone

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy. ↗

— Bill Bowerman

#basic principles #change #current #darn #differ

Once we get into the groove, we're kind of like long-distance runners - that adrenalin kicks in for me and I just keep running - and I don't stop! ↗

— Keith Urban

#get #groove #i #into #just

The Chip also reduces the damage done by bandits. They still steal drinks and cheers along the course, but no longer scramble the paying runners' results. No entry fee, no Chip, no time or place. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#also #bandits #cheers #chip #course

So when you put the kick in and the other runners go past you, it's game over! ↗

— Michael East

#go #kick #other #over #past

Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life. ↗

— Lucretius

#being #changed #creatures #dependent #diminish

Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27. ↗

— Alberto Salazar

#broke #city #down #dropped #marathon

If I run I lose so much weight, which I need because you're limited on weight when you are a tall driver. And have you seen marathon runners? They're quite skinny. ↗

— Jenson Button

#driver #i #limited #lose #marathon

In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance. ↗

— Kirsty Coventry

#because #body #endurance #go #handle

We are just not made up to be middle distance runners. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#just #made #middle #runners #up