Marathon Running Quotes
Inspiration for Marathon Running
By Sarojini Kandula is the Editor-in-Chief of Satyam Fit | satyambuzz.com | Updated: 10/01/2023You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.
How do you motivate a marathon runner?
Are you ready for a marathon? Marathon Running Quotes are really inspiring to run or watch. It's challenging mentally and physically of running a marathon. Here are some famous marathon quotes.
1. "The reason people want to run the marathon is because the challenge, physically, is you. The distance – how you get there – is all up to you and how hard you work. That's why people want to do it."
—Meb Keflezighi, winner 2009 NYC Marathon and 2014 Boston Marathon
2. "You don't have to be so tough that it doesn't hurt, you just have to be
tough enough not to quit."
—Unknown
3. "Everything you ever wanted to know about yourself, you can learn in 26.2 miles."
—Lori Culnane, marathon runner
4. "A marathon is hundreds of miles. The finish is the last 26.2."
—Unknown
5. "I dare you to train for a marathon, and not have it change your life."
—Susan Sidoriak, graphic designer and runner
6. "Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your skin, we all stand as equal. Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people ran."
—Dean Karnazes, American ultramarathon runner and author
7. "I love the fact that not many people can say 'Oh, I went out and ran 20 miles today.' I love how much dedication it takes and how much you learn a lot about yourself, your physical and mental limits. There's just something about it."
—Shalane Flanagan, 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathoner
8. "The marathon. How an average runner becomes more than average."
—New Balance, athletic apparel company
9.
Running
is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run by other runners, too."
—Richard O'Brien, runner
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10. "The person who starts the race is not the same person who finishes the race."
—Marathon spectator sign
11. "So many people crossing the finish line of a marathon look as happy as when I won. They have tears in their eyes. The sport is full of winners."
—Gary Muhrcke, winner of the first NYC Marathon
12. "Running 26 miles is a feat that truly stretches a human being. At the 20-mile mark, someone has said, the race is half over. Almost anyone can run 20 miles, but the last six are the equivalent of 20 more. Here the runner finds himself pushed to the absolute limit. And therefore needs to call on those hidden reserves, to use all the fidelity and courage and endurance he has."
—George Sheehan, best-selling running author
13. "The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can’t dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon."
—Fred Lebow, co-founder of the New York City Marathon
14. "Always concentrate on how far you’ve come, rather than how far you have left to go."
—Unknown
15. "You should run your first marathon for the right reasons, because you’ll never be the same person again. You must want to do it, not do it because your boss did it or your spouse did it."
—Bill Wenmark, running coach
16. "At mile 20, I thought I was dead. At mile 22, I wished I was dead. At mile 24, I knew I was dead. At mile 26.2, I realized I had become too tough to kill."
—Unknown
17. "The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone’s advice the last week before the race. That’s when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months."
—Don Kardong
18. "If you feel bad at 10 miles, you’re in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you’re normal. If you don’t feel bad at 26 miles, you’re abnormal."
—Rob de Castella, winner 1983 World Marathon Championships
19. "The thirst you feel in your throat and lungs will be gone minutes after the race is over. The pain in your legs within days, but the glory of your finish will last forever."
—Unknown
20. "A marathoner is a marathoner regardless of time. Virtually everyone who tries the marathon has put in training over months, and it is that exercise and that commitment, physical and mental, that gives meaning to the medal, not just the day’s effort, be it fast or slow. It’s all in conquering the challenge."
—Mary R. Wittenberg, former president, New York Road Runners
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—Marathon Running Quotes
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Sarojini is our technology director and she write mostly short (technical) and inspirational posts. Not only does she lead Satyam’s development team, but she also brews a mean espresso Indian Coffee —right at her desk and serves it in legit espresso cups. After that she will ask the team to meditate.