A biography for Frank Shorterhasn’t been written yet.
“The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.”
“Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.”
“You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.”
“Hills are speedwork in disguise.”
“I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.”
“Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.”
“Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.”
“As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.”
“When I am totally race fit, I don't worry about breathing or technique - they take care of themselves.”
“I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.”
“It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing.”
“When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs.”
“The weather is perfect. The gods are shining on us.”
“The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.”
“I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet.”
“For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.”