Herb Elliott Quotes

I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don't think I'm a great sprinter, but 200, 400, maybe 800. I won't say excel in them, but I'd do pretty good.

The 200 meters is my baby. To me, it's the perfect distance. It's still a true sprint, but it unravels more. You get to enjoy the race a little bit more than the 100.

I have been dreaming of an outdoor world record forever. Now I want them all: the 1500, the 5000, even the 800.

I'm probably a lot more closer in the 1500m to the world record than I am in the 5000m.

I found I could also be good in cross country. I don't think my running style has anything to do with it. If you have speed and your body feels good, you can do any distance.

I have a saying 'train, don't strain.' The Americans have the saying 'no pain, no gain' and that's why they have no distance running champions. They get down to the track with a stopwatch and flog their guts out thinking that it'll make them a champion, but they'll never make a champion that way.

I have been doing 120 miles a week, when normally I would do about 140.

I started running track when I was 13 years old, as a freshman in high school. I ran the 400 meters, which is a very tough race and a full sprint.

For 6 days a week I aim to get in between 18-23 miles.

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.

You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.

The only way I'll ever run a marathon is if I'm involved in the administration.

I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems.

I still run every other day. Longer at weekends. I probably do 35 miles a week.

The 100m is never stressful.

Twenty-six miles is now my daily minimum.

We don't need to run 5-6 kms, even in a Test match.

If I run 100 meters 30 times, that is 3 kilometers and no longer a sprint.

I run at least five miles a day, just long distance.

I prefer running on the track because, for me, the treadmill can get a little boring.

If I do a circuit, then after three laps I could tell you where all the potholes were.

As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had me gasping and wheezing like a broken accordion.

I've always been athletic - did the 100 metres and 1500 m at school, cross-country races - and did well in them.