Paul Tergat Quotes
born 1969 Kenya
Paul Kibii Tergat (born 17 June 1969) is a Kenyan former professional long-distance runner.
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Children from rich families have better opportunities and possibilities, however, in Kenya, poverty is the reason for the development of the great number of top runners.
Go into competition with confidence from your training.
The most important thing is not the other runners, but my own fitness. Then, everything takes cares of itself.
If someone beats me, then I am happy for him; he will have obviously worked harder for the result than I did.
My upbringing gave me a strong will, a mental aggressiveness in what I wanted to achieve.
I cannot imagine that in the future a marathon runner will run sub-2:00 as I think we have nearly reached the limit.
Like most Kenyans, I have trained three times a day, but I find two is enough.
If I run with others then all sessions become full-speed burners; thus I prefer to run with others just for speed sessions.
With the necessary passion, the absolute determination, and the belief in your success it is possible to reach a world-class level—no matter if you are coming from a poor or a wealthy family.
In Kenya there is the belief that if you train hard you will succeed. This we have proven.
I set a new standard and showed that it was possible to run a marathon in under 2:05 hours.
I do my running through love. When you do it for money and you lose, well this means the finish of you.
Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’. The answer is usually: ‘Yes
It’s probably the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and instead of just three runners from each country, like in the Olympics or World Championships, in the senior men’s race, there are nine.
I came down (in weight) too quickly. Sure, I could have run well, but I did not have any strength. I used to finish training sessions close to fainting.