You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally.

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.

In other words we have marketed our way into this health crisis.

I also held several masters running titles.

When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you.

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.

Hills are speedwork in disguise.