Jeff Galloway famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Our bodies crave exercise, and reward us in so many ways when we do so.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Exercise #Body #Rewards
Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Athlete #Mind
The label of 'marathoner' has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Distance #Achievement #Groups
Marathon training doesn't have to be a grind. By running for about 30 minutes two times a week, and by gradually increasing the length of a third weekly run-the long run-anyone can finish a marathon.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Two #Long
We are designed to run and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Chance #Increase
To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Champion #Feelings
A lifestyle change begins with a vision and a single step.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Vision #Steps #Lifestyle
Think chest/hips/ push, or CHP, when it's time for uphill running. Chest up, hips forward, push strongly off each foot.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Thinking #Feet
When using the run-walk method to finish a marathon, the most important walk break comes in the first mile. The second most important one comes in the second mile, and so on. The point is, walk before you become fatigued.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Important #Firsts
I spent the first twenty years of my running career trying to run as many miles as I could as fast as I could. Then I spent the next twenty years trying to figure out how to run the least amount of miles needed to finish a marathon. And I've come to the conclusion the second way is much more enjoyable.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Years #Careers
Everyone has stress. A good run may not erase it, but it can reduce the effect and allow runners to gain control.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Stress #May
Most people have this perception that you have to be out there running for an hour and a half every day. But you don't have to give up your career and family to run a marathon.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Giving Up #Careers
If you're laboring up a steep hill, imagine that a towrope is attached to the center of your chest, pulling you steadily toward the top.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Hills #Imagine #Imagine That
Here is the start, there is the finish line. Between that, you have to run.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Lines #Finish Line
When I finish a run, every part of me is smiling.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running
The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities
-- Jeff Galloway

#Competition #Marathon #Possibility
The more you frame the marathon as a stressful experience, the more negative messages you'll receive. But it's just as easy to frame it as a positively challenging journey.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Journey #Challenges #Negative
The most important force inside you for feeling better all the time is the will to get more fit.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Feel Better #Feelings #Important
There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end.
-- Jeff Galloway

#Running #Race #Half

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