I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no longer be.

The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals.

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

Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.

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

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

I finished a marathon.