Hills are speedwork in disguise.

The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.