There are champions in every neighborhood. Anyone can run to the very top. ANYONE! But you have to (a) start right, (b) think right, and (c) believe. Most runners get lost in one or more of those three steps.

When you hit a certain spot you Sprint no matter how you feel inside or what your co-runner thinks. You just go! In training as a nickel, you sprint because you need to sprint! You just do it! In racing people see it and call it courage, but it is attitude; determination; duty.

My key to victory was that I always went out way too fast. Too fast erases every other race strategy out there. Everyone is hanging on for dear life or they give up.

Set a master goal for your running and for your life...

I never did cross training or lifted weights or put anything between myself and my passion for running.

COURAGE is not a quality you teach. Courage is the by-product of self-discipline. It is an ATTITUDE.

The best runners every year are those who race out way too fast.