Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.

Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.

The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

Rested, Refreshed, and Ready to run, the three Rs of peak performance.

Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.