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Joan Benoit Biography

Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the year that the women's marathon was introduced. As a result, she was the first-ever women's Olympic marathon champion. Benoit Samuelson still holds the fastest times for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon and the Olympic Marathon. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman at that race for 28 years. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Running is 80 percent mental.

Inspirational Running, Mental, Percent, Running

Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role.

Family, Fitness, Make, Running, Using

One hour with a child is like a ten-mile run.

Child, Children, Hours, Like, Run, Running

Running is about more than just putting one foot in front of the other; it is about our lifestyle and who we are.

Running, Feet, Who We Are, Putting, Foot

My philosophy on running is, I don't dwell on it, I do it.

Dwell, Philosophy, Running

If you feel like eating, eat. Let your body tell you what it wants.

Body, Eating, Let, Like, Running, Want

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

Depend, People, Run, Running, Softball, Sports

I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.

Long, Look, Milestones, Time, Victory

Marathoning is a metaphor for life, so there are a lot of parallels you can draw. I tell people to follow your dream, follow your heart, follow your passion, run your own race and believe in yourself. I think anybody who wants to succeed has to have passion. My love for this sport, you can't instill it in someone else.

Dream, Life, Love, Marathoning, Motivational, Succeed

The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my relationships.

Energy, Motivational, Relationship, Requires, Sports, Stronger

Confidence is a belief in myself and my ability. I built my confidence through hard training. I believed there was no one out there working any harder than me.

Belief, Believed, Built, Confidence, Hard, Training

Every time I fail, I assume I will be a stronger person for it. I keep on running figuratively and literally, despite a limp that gets more noticeable with each passing season, because for me there has always been a place to go and a terrible urgency to get there.

Assume, Places To Go, Running, Season, Stronger

There’s not a better feeling than when you have found that moment of balance and harmony when both running and life come together. Then you know why you run and that you couldn’t live without it.

Running, Balance And Harmony, Feelings, Run, Moment

Years ago, women sat in the kitchen drinking coffee and discussing life. Now they discuss the same topics while they run.

Coffee, Discuss, Discussing, Drinking, Running, Same

Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

Being Strong, Running, Strong Women, Assume, Time, Fail