Bill Rodgers
Bill Rodgers
William Henry "Bill" Rodgersis an American runner and former American record holder in the marathon who is best known for his four victories in the Boston Marathon, including three straight 1978-1980 and the New York City Marathon between 1976 and 1980...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth23 December 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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Sometimes such an injury may be due to increased running, fatigue, sickness, etc and have nothing at all to do with your shoe.
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That's fine; we runners are, after all, up for a challenge.
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Your training partners are key to your success, and friendships based on your runs together are strong.
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The starting line of the New York City marathon is kind of a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.
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One key to success is not to make your diet too complicated.
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One wakes up one year and realizes you did not produce as good a set of races as the year before.
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One thousand dollars, that's what Frank Shorter said I should ask for. That's what he got. I said, 'Oh, OK.' It was kind of like we were criminals. You'd get paid in an envelope secretly.
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Let your running lead you to your diet.
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So, I would recommend one longer run daily, with your longest run when you can get the time.
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Most of us laugh at these other sports.
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When you adjust for the weather, it's the same effort required by every runner-or racer, so the more you understand the conditions, perhaps the more mental preparation plays a role.
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It's a different thing whether to keep going to races, but I've always loved racing.
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It's all self-imposed, this racing hard stuff, at least for me.
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It's the only reason that I wouldn't run, if I absolutely couldn't run.