Numbers don't lie. You always seem to remember your workouts as being a little better than they were. It's good to go back and review what you do.

The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.

You have to know your body. It's part of the beauty of the training process, and once you've determined how much your body and mind can take, you can then begin to reach your potential.

Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.

My goal is to break three hours in a marathon

I plan to be running as long as I can and have no plans to stop.