Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?.

Three half-mile repeats on the track at 5-K race pace with a short recovery jog in between shouldn't scare anyone away-and it will improve your speed..

As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more..

How did I know you ran a 4:30 mile in high school? That's easy. Everyone ran a 4:30 mile in high school..

Hills are speedwork in disguise..

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next ti….

I want my time spent running to serve as a reward..

You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe..

My goal has always been to slow down as slowly as possible. It's as simple as that..

There's always the feeling of getting stronger. I think that's what keeps me going..

Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off..

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 ….

You have to know your body. It's part of the beauty of the training process, and once you've determined how much your body and mind can take, you can….

In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis..

Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading..

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older..

Be willing to move forward and find out what happens next..

Because running fast is more fun than running slow..

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'….

The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go to Europe and get hammered..

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming..