You train best where you are the happiest..

Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed..

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law ….

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

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 ….

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

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

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..

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'….

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

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..

Hills are speedwork in disguise..

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..

Because running fast is more fun than running slow..

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

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….

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..

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

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