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A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon. — Joan Van Ark

I trained for the marathon. I run along the East River, and I used to run all the way down Manhattan, up the West Side and back home. — Amy Carlson

Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American. — David Sirota

If you insist on the chase," I say, my voice much surer than I feel."Then you better start training. 'Cause, dude you're in for a marathon. — Alyson Noel

On the day of the Boston Marathon bombings, for example, I actually knew more about what had happened than the CAPCOM I'd called. — Chris Hadfield

One of the great discoveries of marathon running for the masses is that you run against no one but yourself. — Phil Hewitt

The marathon will humble you. But the truth is, sometimes it will do more than humble you. Sometimes it will break your heart. — Bill Rodgers

I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons. — Cara Buono

The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process. — Jim Walsh

Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start. — Jo Linsdell

I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth — Paula Radcliffe

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race. — Haile Gebrselassie

Comedy Central made me delete the Boston Marathon joke. I wasn't happy about it but, despite popular belief, I can occasionally be a team player. — Anthony Jeselnik

I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know. — Sarah Michelle Gellar

In the marathon anything can happen. — Paula Radcliffe

In the marathon of life negativity is never as light-footed as a dreamer's sprint. — Bryant McGill

If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape. — Sammy Hagar

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner. — Robert Herjavec

To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind. — Jerome Drayton

I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event. — Paula Radcliffe

In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon. — Henry Rollins

If youre a vegan who ran a marathon & got your dogs from a shelter, how do you decide which thing to wedge into the conversation first? — Ken Jennings

Pheidippides ran twenty-six miles from Marathon to Athens with news of the Greek victory. — Mark Rowlands

So, Doc, will I be able to run the Boston Marathon again this year? — Fannie Flagg

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit. — Hal Higdon

The music for 'The Last Five Years' is like running a 26-mile marathon, and singing Sondheim is like ballroom-dancing up Everest. — Anna Kendrick

It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more. — Hal Higdon

The marathon is an art; the marathoner is an artist. — Kiyoshi Nakamura

More and more I'm seeing motherhood as a marathon of endurance, not a sprint to the next stage of life. — Stacey Thacker

The next morning, my head and every muscle in my body hurt as if I'd run a marathon through six feet of snow in stilettos. — Courtney Allison Moulton

The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder. — Hal Higdon

The marathon is like a bullfight. — Alberto Salazar

I slept as the person in Plutarch that ran from Marathon to Athens without a pause would have slept if he had not fallen dead, the creature. — Patrick O'Brian

Jordan ran the London marathon to help raise money for the blind. After jogging that far with her body, I'm surprised she hasn't joined them! — Frankie Boyle

You wouldn't run a marathon the day before you run a marathon, you need to leave some sort of surprise for your body. — Greg James

The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint. — Tony Robbins

Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows. — Bill Rodgers

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push. — Summer Sanders

There are many pitfalls in the marathon of life. But regardless of what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace. — Rick Warren

Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. Republicans won in a landslide. — David Letterman

I will never be ok with the suffering of others - that I will likely continue to fight so I must treat it as a marathon race not a sprint. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

After the Boston Marathon bombings, people shared grief and outrage on social media. — Roxane Gay

All mine for eternity. I fucking love that. He kissed her a little longer, and the marathon was on. — Elizabeth Reyes

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line. — Bill Courtney

I happen to be a huge 'Lord of the Rings' fan. I do an annual marathon of the extended editions. — Anna Kendrick

Living life is like running a marathon. It takes a lot of courage and tenacity to keep going till the end. — Fauja Singh

The marathon can humble you. — Bill Rodgers

Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading. — Frank Shorter

The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities — Jeff Galloway

Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon. — Robert Graves

Writing is like running a marathon. One needs stamina and perseverance. The right preparation and pacing get results. — K.J. Kilton

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time. — Haile Gebrselassie

It got to be an American custom, like talk shows, Face the Nation, marriage counseling, marathon encounters, or zoning hearings. — Tom Wolfe

The purpose of life is to find your purpose. Run a marathon, sail oceans, cross deserts, climb the highest mountain but find yours! — Timothy Pina

Having a true faith is the most difficult thing in the world. Many will try to take it from you. — Steve Prefontaine

I think psychedelics are sort of like doing calisthenics in preparation for the marathon at the end of time. — Terence McKenna

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results. — Bill Rodgers

I've run the marathon several times, so I definitely don't look like the Great Ancestor! — George Takei

You wouldn't train for a marathon & then give up a mile before the finish line. Same goes with your life & dreams. — Dawn Gluskin

The Christian's journey through life isn't a sprint but a marathon. — Billy Graham

Few things in life match the thrill of a marathon. — Fred Lebow

There is a special mystique about the marathon, for example, because of its length-but that's just the bit you do at the end of an Ironman — Chrissie Wellington

Panting like a marathon runner at mile twenty, overheated bloodhound, steam engine crawling up the Continental Divide. — Dennis Vickers

The American dream is not a sprint or even a marathon but a relay. — Julian Castro

The tears that rushed to my eyes threatened to spill forth and I was seconds from crying as if I'd watched a marathon of Hallmark movies. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Training is essential for almost any significant endeavor in life - running a marathon, becoming a surgeon, learning how to play the piano. — John Ortberg

Remember, it's the pace that kills, never the distance. — Bill Jones

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain. — Bill Rodgers

But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself. — Meb Keflezighi

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. — Bill Rodgers

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin. — Ryan Reynolds

One of the most important ways for you to train, stay healthy and injury free is to listen closely to what your body tells you. — Gina Greenlee

I set myself some specific goals, but the key one is just getting myself into as good a shape as possible for one day this year: the Olympic marathon. — Paula Radcliffe

A runner can never see the finish line in the middle of a marathon, — Henry Cloud

There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it. — Don Kardong

I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning. — Quentin Tarantino

A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. — Sean Astin

Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that — Kathrine Switzer

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race. — Martin Lel

I'd seen more cops in the last few days than on a weekend LAW and ORDER marathon - Paigne Winterbourne — Kelley Armstrong

People have to realize that dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war. — Ian K. Smith

The difference between the mile and the marathon is the difference between burning your fingers with a match and being slowly roasted over hot coals. — Hal Higdon

Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon. — George A. Sheehan

If you've given a dollar, you are part of the Marathon of Hope . — Terry Fox

I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch ... — David Letterman

The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon. — Hal Higdon

It was like someone had cheerfully suggested she run a marathon when she'd just dragged herself out of bed after suffering from the flu. — Liane Moriarty

The mountains look on Marathon And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free. — Robert Byron

The New York Marathon: a fantastic event. — Pope John Paul II

The Athenians, front-fighters of the Greeks, at Marathon destroyed the power of the gold-bearing Medes. — Simonides

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope. — Mike Huckabee

The journey to greatness is a marathon, not a hundred meter dash. — Matshona Dhliwayo

To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time. — Neil Peart

The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport. — Bill Rodgers

Plenty of people who are 38 have run really well in the marathon. — Paula Radcliffe

Best wishes for a great marathon. Be sure to savor it. The first marathon is something special. Run long and healthy. — Amby Burfoot

My thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands of marathon runners, onlookers, city officials and others affected by this senseless tragedy. — Ed Markey

It's a bit like running a marathon, isn't it? It's only when you reach the finish line that you have time to collapse. — Lucinda Riley

We eat and sleep and shuffle through the fog, walking a marathon with no finish line, no medals, no cheering. — Isaac Marion

Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon
he'd run them all. — Terry Pratchett