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Samuel Wanjiru Quotes

born 1986 Kenya

Samuel Kamau Wanjirū (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon.

Kenya
Sportspeople

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I know myself and don't as much depend on pace setters because I like running my own race and in Berlin I will certainly attempt the record.

The speed of the falling water is constant.

Now is my turn and there is a lot of expectation from me in Japan and especially Fukuoka where I live.

Before Fukuoka I had never done a full marathon. But I was in company of my friend Macharia.

I admire Haile because he breaks records which are usually a good challenge for me. He breaks, I break them.

I think that is how a marathon race is supposed to be run in both sides of the half way mark- consistently like the water through the falls.

When I was on my own I did not know whether to slow or increase the pace. Now I know when and how to win marathon races in record-breaking time.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Wanjiru (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.