American - Athlete | October 31, 1947 -
Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.
Frank Shorter
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The weather is perfect. The gods are shining on us.
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Because running fast is more fun than running slow.
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For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.
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In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis.
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I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.
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I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.
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The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared.
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You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.
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I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.
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A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.
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Again, racing for me was about energy management.
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