Joe Henderson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail.”

“Buzz has reduced my range. Running safely with him means using fewer and shorter routes, with multiple laps per day or multiple returns there per week. Neither of us minds repeating ourselves. This is what runners do.”

“A lesser but still fundamental rule of racing is that you properly enter the event. Anyone who doesn't but still insists on running interferes with the paying customers.”

“His name, Buzz, fits. He can buzz along at 40 miles an hour when his genetic memory moves him.”

“That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.”

“That's how most of us would feel. But the sport has a few deviants without consciences.”

“They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions.”

“Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do.”

“Where did you run today? Now there's a question you don't often hear.”

“Yet the home courses are where you spend dozens to hundreds of hours a year. You must choose them well.”