Three half-mile repeats on the track at 5-K race pace with a short recovery jog in between shouldn't scare anyone away-and it will improve your speed.

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.

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.

Intervals and other types of speed work are essential to improve running speed.

There's always the feeling of getting stronger. I think that's what keeps me going.

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

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.