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1,001 Pearls of Runners' Wisdom: Advice and Inspiration for the Open Road
Contributor(s): Katovsky, Bill (Editor)

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ISBN: 1616087129     ISBN-13: 9781616087128
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Running & Jogging
- Sports & Recreation | Health & Safety
- Sports & Recreation | Track & Field
Dewey: 796.42
LCCN: 2012013620
Series: 1001 Pearls
Physical Information: 1.41" H x 5.13" W x 7.42" L (1.10 lbs) 400 pages
Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Within these pages, runners will find a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and even a little humor to encourage them in their sport. But whether comical or serious, the quotes contained here represent the finest writing and wisdom on running. Geared towards everyone from the long-distance enthusiast to the relative or friend of one, the musings collected are poignant, sentimental, and amazing. 1,001 Pearls of Runners' Wisdom covers a wide swath of topics, ranging from training to coaching to marathons to shoes to diet, and even barefoot or natural running, a new trend inspired by Christopher McDougall's national bestseller, Born to Run.
I started the Boston Marathon as a 20-year-old girl, and came out the other end a grown woman.
--Kathrine Switzer

It has been said that the love of the chase is an inherent delight in man--a relic of an instinctive passion.
--Charles Darwin

A lot of people run a race to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.
--Steve Prefontaine

Don't worry, everyone slows over time.
--Bill Rodgers

There's nary an animal alive that can outrun a greased Scotsman.
--Groundskeeper Willy, from The Simpsons

Speed is sex ... distance is love.
--David Blaike, Canadian ultrarunner

Gazelles run when they're pregnant. Why should it be any different for women
--Joan Ullyot, M.D.

I'm afraid the reason so many new runners quit is because they never get past the point of feeling like they have to run.
--John Bingham

Run softly by imagining a helium balloon attached to your head.
--Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) Dan Kuland, U.S. Air Force Chief of Health Promotion

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
--Jim Ryun

They were the lightest shoes I could find.
--Ron Hill, elite British long-distance runner, on why he ran barefoot

People say to] me after a race, 'I get so many blisters from shoes, if I run barefoot, it's going to be worse.' And I say, 'Well that's why I stopped wearing shoes because I got tired of getting blisters.'
--Ken Bob Saxton, aka "Barefoot Ken Bob," has run 76 marathons, 75 of them shoeless, since 1997

The mile has all the elements of drama.
--Roger Bannister

Anything worth doing is going to be difficult.
--Fauja Singh, 100 years old, after finishing the 2011 Toronto Marathon in 8:25

One cannot run away from his behind.
--African proverb

 
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