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36 quotes by Frank Shorter

Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His victory is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States in the 1970s.
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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... →

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Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns.... →

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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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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... →

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Again, racing for me was about energy management.

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Because running fast is more fun than running slow.

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The weather is perfect. The gods are shining on us.

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In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis.

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It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an... →

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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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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... →

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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... →

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I also held several masters running titles.

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