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.

In the big city, if the man next door happens to be a slum landlord, a Mafia bag man, or a long distance runner, what does it matter, as long as he puts his garbage out on Tuesdays?

Life is a series of hard and easy runs.

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

Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good.

The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.

I finished a marathon.