Life is a series of hard and easy runs.
It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.
There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.
The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.
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.
Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good.