A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day.

Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.

Train at the same pace day after day, week after week, year after year, and that's the kind of running the body adapts to. But break out of that comfort zone with a little speedwork now and then, and the body will learn to deal with the new demands.

We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.

Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.