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We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Certain Lifetime May Peek Race Running Sport Train

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If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Achieve Chances Goal Going High Some Take Want You

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Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Event Get Going Line Looking Me Past Run Runners Second Situation Them Trust Trust Me While

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Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Backward Broke City Down Dropped Marathon Men Much New New York New York City Number Over Rather Runners Times Were Who Winning Years York

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An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Always Athlete Been Difficult Easy Elusive Fun Goals Journey Makes More Rewarding Simply Tells Training Which Who You

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Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Accused Any Being Career Cocky Confident Done Early Even Had Other Otherwise Overconfident Really Reason Say See Training

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I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Back Big Challenge Competition Disappointments Enjoy Fast First Freedom Had High High School Lot Miles Much Now Over Races Run Running School Some Started Training Won Years

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I'm interested in Dathan Ritzenhein's future in the marathon, and I believe that's where we need to address some issues he seems to have. He's had good marathon coaches - both Brad Hudson and me. He's figured out the fueling. He's got this incredible aerobic engine. But something's still wrong.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Address Aerobic Believe Both Brad Coaches Engine Figured Future Good Got Had He Hudson Incredible Interested Issues Marathon Me Need Out Seems Some Something Still Where Wrong I Believe

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I didn't give myself enough breaks during the training year to recover. I didn't understand the power of periodization.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Breaks Enough Give Myself Power Recover Training Understand Year

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With my runners now, they get two month-long breaks during the year.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Breaks Get Now Runners Two Year

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Biography

Nationality: Cuban

Type: Athlete

Born: August 7th, 1958

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