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Alberto Salazar

Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American track coach and former world-class long-distance runner. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family. They moved to Manchester, Connecticut and then to Wayland, Massachusetts, where Salazar competed in track and field in high school. Salazar is best known for his performances in the New York City Marathon in the early 1980s and his 1982 Boston Marathon victory known as the "Duel in the Sun." He held American track records of 13:11.93 for 5,000 m (July 6, 1982 – Stockholm) and 27:25.61 for 10,000 m – (June 26, 1982 – Oslo).

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I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and they are holding up. My other arteries haven't shown any additional clogging.

Clogging, Heart, Stress, Test, Wise, Year

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

Courage, Goal, High, Motivational Sports, Running, Take

I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever they need to do to prepare, more often than not they're not in a very professional environment where you've got a high performance director and a coach that are really monitoring your daily activities.

Athlete, Director, High, Performance, Running, Thinking

I like the marathon because it's one race where you can find out who's really the toughest. On the track, sometimes a guy can just pull away, and you want to stay with him but you don't have the leg speed. The marathon is slow enough that anyone can stay with you if he wants, if he has the will. The marathon is ultimately a test of will.

Away, Guy, Race, Slow, Toughest, Track

You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if you're not getting where you want to be, already, in a sense, it's as bad as it can get.

Already, Bad, Change, Might, Order, Want

Whatever we accomplish in life, if it's solely for our own good, then it doesn't mean that much. The things you do that affect others in a positive way are the ones that count. Whatever facet of life you're in, God has given you a gift; do the best you can with that gift.

Accomplish, Given, God, Mean, Positive, Way

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.

Athlete, Fun, Journey, Rewarding

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

Certain, Race, Running, Sport, Sports

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.

Cowards, Doubt, Doubts, Running, Softball, Starting

I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen.

Athlete, Happen, Misunderstandings, Personality, Stuff

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

Enough, Giving, Training, Understand, Year, Years

I'd rather run a gutsy race, pushing all the way and lose, than run a conservative race only for a win.

Lose, Race, Run, Running, Winning

There are a lot of guys out there now who know they are not working as hard as other people. I can't fathom how they think.

Giving Up, Guys, Hard, People, Thinking

You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner

Distance, Learn, Runner, Runners, Running, Sprinter

The marathon is like a bullfight.

Bullfight, Like, Marathon, Running

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.

Big, Disappointment, Disappointments, Races, Running, School