“Make your hard days as hard as possible and your easy days as easy as possible”.
The idea is that if your easy days are taking away from your hard days, you will merely run mediocre every day and not do the work necessary to become faster. It is the hard workouts that make you a faster runner, not the easy ones.
Elana Meyer, JAG Sports and Education Foundation
Stick to your program as much as possible but don’t become a slave to it. If your body is saying ‘TAKE A BREAK’ then rest. Your aim is to reach race day healthy and fit! If you are injured or ill you can’t run.
Men’s Health Training Guide
Winning is about heart, not just legs. It’s got to be in the right place.
Lance Armstrong, Lance Armstrong Foundation
On race day don’t run too fast at the start. Many runners make that mistake and pay for it later. Breathe steady and find a comfortable rhythm from the beginning.
Men’s Health Training Guide
You learn that your tank is only so big, and if you just keep burning you’ll run out of fuel.
Lance Armstrong, Lance Armstrong Foundation
Sometimes, keep it simple – follow the “just do it” attitude! Just get out there, and do it!
Elana Meyer, JAG Sports and Education Foundation
To run your best, you need to learn to read your body’s signals – and then react.