Grete Waitz Quotes
I'm never going to run this again.
Citations
Litsky, Frank. "Grete Waitz, Marathon Champion, Dies at 57." The New York Times, 19 Apr. 2011.
Related Quotes
Grete Waitz was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. She won nine New York City Marathons, women's division, between 1978 and 1988, more than any other runner in history. She won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a gold medal at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki. Her other marathon victories included winning the London Marathon in 1983 and 1986. She was also a five-time winner of the World Cross Country Championships.