I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.

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.

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

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.

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.

The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go to Europe and get hammered.

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