I finished a marathon.

It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more.

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.

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

Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.

There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb...suggests one day...for every kilometer run in anger.