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.

I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.

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.

Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own 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.

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.

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.