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

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.

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

After college I picked my races to be one race every two weeks. That gave me time to recover. I raced just as fast as my legs would carry me. At the end of every race there was nothing left. I walked off the track completely spent!

If you KNOW dehydration is a problem in long runs it becomes a problem in long runs.

I thought perhaps people with injuries could be subject to a starters gun to cure them.

I started running in Junior High School. I was so slow and uncoordinated the coach set me up with a paper route so that instead of going to work out after school I went to the corner of Providence Ave at Crestline St. and picked up a bundle of 15 newspapers.