Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.
The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart.
A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So it's a matter of fitting your current practices to fit the event and the individual. See, what's good for you might not be worth a darn for the next guy.
It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.
Don't give anything away. Never make it easy for the guys you are trying to beat.
Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine.