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.

Again, racing for me was about energy management.

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

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.

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.

You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.

Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off.