Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

With my runners now, they get two month-long breaks during the year.

If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But if you're not getting where you want to be, already, in a sense, it's as bad as it can get.

The marathon is like a bullfight.