Speed Endurance Quotes

I have to improve on my speed endurance, and I am working on it.

Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed.

I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.

I've always been working hard on my speed for the last few years. Obviously I'm not slow, but as a striker, the more speed you have, the better you are.

I want to be the king of sprints because I think I am.

The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster.

If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.

For 100 m., you have to go out fast but also bring it back, so we've been doing a lot of work on the back-end speed.

My weakness might be that the guys with the longer legs can hold their top speed a little bit longer and might not slow down as fast at the end of the race.

I had a dual goal in my running that was to win and to achieve excellence, so I was never happy with a slow tactical time. If the race were slow I would get in front and pull it up again. I couldn't stand a slow race. A lot of people seem to get screwed up on tactics. There is only one tactic in a race and that is to always be in a position where you can win it.

I have proved I have more than linear speed. Track guys are known for not being able to catch, for not having good hands.

I didn't know much. It wasn't possible to buy a book about Nurmi, but I found out that in order to be faster over 10,000m, he ran 5,000m many times in training. And to be better at 5,000m, he ran 1,500m many times. And to be better at 1,500m, he ran four times 400m in training.

Even for runners who never make the transition to more sophisticated workouts, easing into speedwork will lead to more enjoyable running.

I could jump, I was quick, I could catch and all those types of things, but when it came to just flat out speed, that's something I had to work really hard at.

I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis.

The more team speed you have, the better.

I'm used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest.

A lot of people do run well at 60m but can't transfer it to the 100m because there's still 40m to go, and anything can happen in that last section.