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

We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

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

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.

Life is a series of hard and easy runs.

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