RUNNING QUOTES

"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not.  When you race him, he will win."
          - Tom Fleming's Boston Marathon training sign on his wall

"Running is a lot like life.  Only 10 percent of it is exciting.  90 percent of it is slog and drudge."
          - Dave Bedford, English distance runner who occasionally put in 200 miles a week in training

"A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent dedication!  It's a tough formula.  Getting out in the forest in the biting cold and the flattening heat, and putting in kilometer after kilometer."
          - Rob de Castella

"I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week.  But something has to give somewhere.  If he's a student, how's he going to study?"
          - Bill Bowerman

"Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them.  The decision has already been made."
          - Patti Sue Plumer, U.S. Olympian

"I'll train like a madman.  Well, not like a madman, perhaps, but as if it were my last race."
          - Rudolfo Gomez, prior to the Los Aneles Olympic Games

"The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat."
          - Bill Squires

"If someone says, 'Hey, I ran 100 miles this week.  How far did you run?' ignore him!  What the difference does it make?....  The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles."
          - Bill Bowerman