Set a new standard. Change reality. Break ground to something new and different. That achievement will live forever just because you WERE somebody special!

Speedwork is terribly overrated! I remember talking to runners after distance races and someone is sure to say they were able to run fast off base work with no speed work at all. The truth is speedwork doesn't work. Lots of miles, and then fast miles gets you there much quicker than speed work.

There is NOTHING you can do with your running time that is better for you than running. Any other activity only pulls you down and erases passion.

Based on my experience; I would develop fast speed before anything else. Get your young runners so they can run and teach them speed.

I should be doing that too. I should be out there running and racing. I should be taking care of my body.

I always enjoyed the training more than I did the racing. There was a high level of anxiety in racing that I did not enjoy. Training runs set me FREE. I could imagine the race in my mind and race as if it were the actual race.

Kids are afraid that if they race too fast they will get tired. Way too much fear and way too little COURAGE.