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.

I was actually going to law school in 1972.

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

To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.

As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.

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

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.