One of the great quotes of all time.
I found it on Wikipedia, while looking up some info about the great Herb Elliott.
The context is: "Elliott credited his visionary and iconoclastic coach, Percy Cerutty, with inspiration to train harder and more naturally than anyone of his era. Cerutty was known to avoid the track, talk about role models outside athletics (like DaVinci and Jesus), and bring his athletes to the unspoiled seaside beauty of Portsea training camp south of Melbourne, where Elliott would sprint up sand dunes until he dropped. 'Faster,' said Cerutty, 'It's only pain.' "
* Source: Wikipedia
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Simon, great blog, really inspirational to read about someone as fast as you are. I love to tell people that at the 3 Boston Marathons I have run that I was within 200 yards in each one of them of the Kenyans, then unfortunately they fired the starting pistol. I would appreciate it if you would visit my web site and consider linking your blog to it. I only have one other runner thus far in the "elite" category, and it would be nice to add another like yourself. Thanks.
Simon, great blog, really inspirational to read about someone as fast as you are. I love to tell people that at the 3 Boston Marathons I have run that I was within 200 yards in each one of them of the Kenyans, then unfortunately they fired the starting pistol. I would appreciate it if you would visit my web site and consider linking your blog to it. I only have one other runner thus far in the "elite" category, and it would be nice to add another like yourself. Thanks.
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