1) “If you have a body, you are an athlete” – Bill Bowerman
2) “I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart.” – Mike Fanelli, ultra runner and coach.
3) “The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can’t dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon.” – Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon race director and co-founder.
4) “The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone’s advice the last week before the race. That’s when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months.” Don Kardong, American marathon runner at 1976 Montreal Olympics.’’
5) “The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear” – Herb Elliott, Rome 1960 Olympic Gold medallist
6) “Get the basics right: give yourself time, be honest about what you’re prepared to do, and pick an activity you can enjoy. I’ve coached people to run the London Marathon from scratch in six months. I don’t think there’s anybody out there who couldn’t do that” – Steve Cram, World & European 1500m Champion
