You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.

For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.

You train best where you are the happiest.

It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go.

I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.