I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.
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I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.
If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.
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.
I already have natural speed, which I don't need to work on, so in training I've been working more on my endurance.
In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.
Endurance is not a young person's game. I thought I might even be better at 60 than I was at 30. You have a body that's almost as strong, but you have a much better mind.
With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.
One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.
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