I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.

Being a lifelong runner, knowing what running gives me, a variety of factors - that is what motivates me.

The advice I have for beginners is the same philosophy that I have for runners of all levels of experience and ability -- consistency, a sane approach, moderation and making your running an enjoyable, rather than dreaded, part of your life.

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.