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" The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared. "

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Frank Shorter

Experience

Gold

Day

" So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer. "

" My goal is to break three hours in a marathon. "

" 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 long before they had the stuff. "

" As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more. "

Frank Shorter

Gain

Running

" I also held several masters running titles. "

" 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 organized activity - and Bill alluded to this - so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go. "

" 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 deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point. "

" Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again. "

" To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat. "

" 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. It's part of racing. "

Frank Shorter

Flow

Racing

" Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed. "

" Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off. "

" I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet. "

" The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective. "

" Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood. "

" I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop. "

" Hills are speedwork in disguise. "

Frank Shorter

Hills

Disguise

" I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons. "

" 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 time. "

" I was actually going to law school in 1972. "

" I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it. "

" Because running fast is more fun than running slow. "

" I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time. "

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

" Again, racing for me was about energy management. "

" Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time. "

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

Frank Shorter

Shining

Gods

" When I am totally race fit, I don't worry about breathing or technique - they take care of themselves. "

" What you did was live on very little. I think all of us that were competing - Bill is the same way - you don't need much to live. "