Eliud Kipchoge: Inside the Camp, and the Mind, of the Greatest Marathon Runner of All Time
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Eliud Kipchoge: Inside the Camp, and the Mind, of the Greatest Marathon Runner of All Time
Sometimes the best athletes aren’t the strongest, fastest or fittest, but they are the best at suffering and enduring pain (something the Kalenjin tribe have known for centuries).
Ross Edgley • The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
“I wasn’t scared of missing, looking bad, or being embarrassed. That’s because I always kept the end result, the long game, in my mind. I always focused on the fact that I had to try something to get it, and once I got it, I’d have another tool in my arsenal. If the price was a lot of work and a few missed shots, I was OK with that.
I never felt out
... See morerunning is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself.
Haruki Murakami • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
