Jeff Galloway Quotations

Going uphill, you do have to compensate by running slower. Rather than checking your watch (on a hill), go for the same perceived effort as you ran on the flats. I find the best way to do this is to monitor your breathing. If you are breathing more heavily going up the hill, shorten your stride.

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So you must pace yourself so close to what you can run.

As humans, we're designed to run about 20-22 miles and then you hit the wall. Taking walk breaks pushes that wall back so the marathon can be a pleasurable experience,

Again, it is not a good idea to lengthen stride, but use a lighter touch and quicker turnover. You can go faster that way. You might increase your forward lean slightly that will increase your speed.

If you run the same stride going up hill, you have to work harder. Studies have shown that as runners get faster, their stride length shortens. So quicker turnover is the key here. Paradoxically, a longer stride takes more energy, so you'll get into oxygen debt early.

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The most important force inside you for feeling better all the time is the will to get more fit.

There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end.

Most people have this perception that you have to be out there running for an hour and a half every day. But you don't have to give up your career and family to run a marathon.

Here is the start, there is the finish line. Between that, you have to run.

Even world class performers can benefit from walk breaks.

Find a way to enjoy parts of every run. Most of your runs should be mostly enjoyable.

Think chest/hips/ push, or CHP, when it's time for uphill running. Chest up, hips forward, push strongly off each foot.

We have a no puke rule. The purpose is performance, not puking.

If you're laboring up a steep hill, imagine that a towrope is attached to the center of your chest, pulling you steadily toward the top.

To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

Everyone has stress. A good run may not erase it, but it can reduce the effect and allow runners to gain control.

When using the run-walk method to finish a marathon, the most important walk break comes in the first mile. The second most important one comes in the second mile, and so on. The point is, walk before you become fatigued.

The more you frame the marathon as a stressful experience, the more negative messages you'll receive. But it's just as easy to frame it as a positively challenging journey.

Marathon training doesn't have to be a grind. By running for about 30 minutes two times a week, and by gradually increasing the length of a third weekly run-the long run-anyone can finish a marathon.

The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities

When I finish a run, every part of me is smiling.

A lifestyle change begins with a vision and a single step.

I spent the first twenty years of my running career trying to run as many miles as I could as fast as I could. Then I spent the next twenty years trying to figure out how to run the least amount of miles needed to finish a marathon. And I've come to the conclusion the second way is much more enjoyable.

The label of 'marathoner' has, from the beginning, been awarded to those who went the distance under their own power, whether they ran, walked, crawled or tiptoed. When you cross that finish line, you've entered an elite group. About one-tenth of one percent of the population has done it. Don't let anyone take that great achievement away from you.

Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.

We are designed to run and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.

Our bodies crave exercise, and reward us in so many ways when we do so.