Mierke Quotes & Sayings

Nearly all runners do their slow runs too fast, and their fast runs too slow." Ken Mierke says. "So they're just training their bodies to burn sugar, which is the last thing a distance runner wants. You've got enough fat stored to run to California, so the more you train your body to burn fat instead of sugar, the longer your limited sugar tank is going to last."
-The way to activate your fat-burning furnace is by staying below your aerobic threshold
your hard-breathing point
during your endurance runs. — Christopher McDougall

I had a meal in Pizza Hut and the waitress told me I didn't need to pay. So I decided to be a bit cheeky and ask for more pizza and garlic bread. — Gareth Gates

Beauty, without kindness, dies unenjoyed and undelighting. — Samuel Johnson

I am for secret, dark debates. — Jean-Claude Juncker

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. — Simon Sinek

The sound of her laughter was sticky as sap, the smell of night-blooming jasmine soft as a milk bath. — Janet Fitch

In any society built on institutionalized racism, race-mixing doesn't merely challenge the system as unjust, it reveals the system as unsustainable and incoherent. — Trevor Noah

I don't want to be happy. I just want to change the world. — Aaron Swartz

Moments of compassion are the most holy moments of life. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I think the American people are sophisticated enough and wise enough to make judgments about the candidates and wade through the charges and countercharges that come with the election 2004 campaign. — Colin Powell

So if you think being thin is enough to succeed in gymnastics, you're wrong. — Shannon Miller

Almost anyone who saw the guy would, to a greater or lesser degree, feel their spirits dampen. — Haruki Murakami

Ability can get you to the top. It takes character to maintain — Adam McCauley

Lobbyists are the touts of protected industries. — Winston Churchill