Jeff Galloway Quotes

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

  Jeff Galloway

  Exercise, Body, Rewards

  Jeff Galloway (2008). “Running: Getting Started”, p.59, Meyer & Meyer Verlag

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

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  Running, Athlete, Mind

  Jeff Galloway (1984). “Galloway's Book on Running”

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

  Jeff Galloway

  Vision, Steps, Lifestyle

  Jeff Galloway (2017). “Jeff Galloway: Your Personal Running Journal: Logging Your Progress, Keeping Your Motivation”, p.38, Meyer & Meyer Sport

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

  Jeff Galloway

  Running, Chance, Increase

  FaceBook post by Jeff Galloway from Jul 20, 2011

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• The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities

  Jeff Galloway

  Competition, Marathon, Possibility

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• 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.

  Jeff Galloway

  Distance, Achievement, Groups

  Jeff Galloway (2000). “Marathon”

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

  Jeff Galloway

  Running

  Jeff Galloway (2017). “Jeff Galloway: Your Personal Running Journal: Logging Your Progress, Keeping Your Motivation”, p.78, Meyer & Meyer Sport

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• 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.

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  Journey, Challenges, Negative

  Jeff Galloway (2001). “Marathon: You Can Do It!”, p.80, Shelter Publications, Inc.

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

  Jeff Galloway

  Running, Lines, Finish Line

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• 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.

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  Running, Years, Careers

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

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  Feel Better, Feelings, Important

  Jeff Galloway (2008). “Running: Getting Started”, p.21, Meyer & Meyer Verlag

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

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  Running, Stress, May

  FaceBook post by Jeff Galloway from Nov 14, 2012

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

  Jeff Galloway

  Running, Champion, Feelings

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• 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.

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  Running, Two, Long

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• Even world class performers can benefit from walk breaks.

  Jeff Galloway

  Class, Benefits, World

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• 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.

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  Running, Important, Firsts

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• 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.

  Jeff Galloway

  Hills, Imagine, Steep

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

  Jeff Galloway

  Purpose, Performances, Puke

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

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  Running, Way, Should

  Jeff Galloway (2010). “Running Until You're 100”, p.40, Meyer & Meyer Verlag

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• 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.

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  Running, Giving Up, Careers

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

  Jeff Galloway

  Running, Thinking, Feet

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• 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.

  Jeff Galloway

  Running, Race, Half

  Jeff Galloway (1984). “Galloway's Book on Running”

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