If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.

- Robert De Castella

Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results.

- Robert De Castella

The marathon's about being in contention over the last 10K. That's when it's about what you have in your core. You have run all the strength, all t…

- Robert De Castella

If you do what you did yesterday you'll be beaten. If you do today what others are doing you'll be competitive. To win you much be doing today what o…

- Robert De Castella

There are no shortcuts. Be patient and look long-term. It's a foolish idea that if you do a little more, faster, then you'll get better than the rest…

- Robert De Castella

A lot of people don't realize that about 98 percent of the running I put in is anything but glamorous: 2 percent joyful participation, 98 percent ded…

- Robert De Castella

Some might say that it's easier to be the runner than the runner's family.

- Robert De Castella

When I was about 14 or 15, and running in a pretty muddy cross country race, one of my shoes stuck in the mud and came off. Boy, was I wild. To think…

- Robert De Castella

You must have a training routine so that what you do happens automatically. If I got up in the morning and thought about going for a run there woul…

- Robert De Castella