Steve Prefontaine -
Distance Runner*
A lot of people run a race to see who is
the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can
punish himself into an exhausting pace and then at the end, punish
himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race
after running an easy two miles. Not with me. If I
lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with
myself.
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