"Speedwork is terribly overrated! I remember talking to runners after distance races and someone is sure to say they were able to run fast off base work with no speed work at all. The truth is speedwork doesn't work. Lots of miles, and then fast miles gets you there much quicker than speed work."

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Source : Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.

Gerry Lindgren

#Running Quotes #Distance Quotes #Race Quotes

“The aim of Satanic power is to cut off communication with God. To accomplish this aim he deludes the soul with a sense of defeat, covers him with a thick cloud of darkness, depresses and oppresses the spirit, which in turn hinders prayer and leads to unbelief - thus destroying all power.”

Source : "Behind the Ranges: The Life-changing Story of J.O. Fraser" by Geraldine Taylor, Singapore: OMF International (IHQ) Ltd., (p. 157), 1998.
“Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.”

Source : Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. November 9, 2006.
“The natural hostility of beasts is laid aside when flying from pursuers; so also when danger is impending the enmity of rivals is ended.”
“Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.”
“America is not so much a country as it is an idea, and that must be why so many people are drawn to it, the idea of it, the idea that you might be free of your past, free of the traditions that kept you in your own traditions - that is the idea of it: freedom from your very own self.”
“Simon had been all lined up and heâ€™d managed to throw away the best girl heâ€™d ever meet. â€œWhat a dumbass,â€ Beck muttered. â€œNo way Iâ€™d have done that.”

Source : Jana Oliver (2013). “Demon Trappers 1-3: Forsaken, Forbidden, Forgiven”, p.418, Pan Macmillan
“My ultimate game - or at least one I would really like to see - would be something where it was like the beginning of George R. R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones', where you're Ned Stark, and you know that one of your friends has been murdered, and you go to the capital city and you have to navigate this web of court intrigue.”
“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.”

Source : "In Graduation Speech, Wellington High Principal Stands Alone" by Frank Cerabino, www.mypalmbeachpost.com. May 26, 2013.

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