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
mentally physically running sort train
But running is a year-round sport and you train for all conditions, so you sort of have to be mentally prepared, physically sort of used to it.
race training body
I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.
difference final marathon miles people today train
I think today the difference in the marathon today is people train more for the final 10K, the final miles of the marathon.
accustomed best body hit marathon race races takes training
I also feel it usually takes 4 or 5 races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.
great pure train
It was pure fun. Sometimes it was pain, too, but it was great to be able to train like that.
based key partners runs together training
Your training partners are key to your success, and friendships based on your runs together are strong.
athletes clark gerry jim motivated ron saw tom
When I was younger, the athletes who motivated me were the ones I saw on TV-Billy Mills, Gerry Lindgren, Prefontaine, Ron Clark of Australia, Tom O'Hara, Jim Ryan.
racing
You are racing your competitors, not the clock.
changing explore per speed
Explore changing your speed one day per week.
changing experiment pace runs
Experiment with changing your pace in those runs, especially long runs when you feel strong.
laugh
Most of us laugh at these other sports.
diet key success
One key to success is not to make your diet too complicated.
good produce races wakes year
One wakes up one year and realizes you did not produce as good a set of races as the year before.
ask envelope frank paid thousand
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.