Karl Meltzer famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Watch out for cliffs on the left. Â Fatal spot again.
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Be careful crossing above the waterfall, it's a fatal spot.
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Virginius Pass, go across the Talus slope and pick up the route through the notch, it is steep, slippery, brutal.
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In a 100-miler, anything can happen. Speed isn't your biggest thing, you need to learn how to mentally get through it. It is very mental.
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I ran road when I was a kid, but for me now, trails are like getting away from the world. If you are a road-runner, you are dodging cars and whatnot, so for me, trail running is a release. When I get up in the morning and I go running, it's therapeutic. Especially in the mountains: the smell, the nature, the wildlife. It's so much nicer. It's easier on the body, since its softer.
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Training-wise, I don't get too specific. I don't put a schedule together and tell myself I have to stick to this. I run on feel, so every day I go running, I don't know how far I'm going to go. If I feel great, I'll go further and if I don't, I'll back off the throttle.
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I look at road marathons as a totally different sport. Those guys are stupid fast. It is unbelievable. I might be a top ultrarunner, but put me in the field with those guys and I'm just another guy trying to break three hours. Road-running is far more competitive. In ultrarunning, after these long races, we all chat with each other at the end and have a beer. The camaraderie is awesome. But don't get me wrong, winning is fun.
-- Karl Meltzer
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.
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You couldn't drop knowledge if you threw an Encyclopedia off a cliff.
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When I stand on the edge of a cliff or right at the edge of a building or something, it's one of the few things that gives me kind of a deep, overwhelming, irrational fear where it affects my physiology.
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Life is a walk to the edge of a cliff. Every day we get a step nearer and what lies over the brink, no one can tell.
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When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life.
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Here in L.A., there are a lot of dead spots, and you have to drive to find energy, but all of India is so energetic
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I am in a spot where I can neither be what I always am nor turn into what I could be.
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