American - Athlete | October 31, 1947 -
My goal is to break three hours in a marathon.
Frank Shorter
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Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood.
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Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.
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Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off.
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So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.
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The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.
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The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.
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There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff.
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To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.
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What you did was live on very little. I think all of us that were competing - Bill is the same way - you don't need much to live.
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When I am totally race fit, I don't worry about breathing or technique - they take care of themselves.
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When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs.
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