I never did cross training or lifted weights or put anything between myself and my passion for running.

If I performed poorly, I knew the eyes of the sports world would be turned away from me. In that situation I knew the NCAA would crush me for sure. But if I could run well, they would not dare to hit me with everyone looking in my direction. I HAD to have a good race.

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

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

There are champions in every neighborhood. Anyone can run to the very top. ANYONE! But you have to (a) start right, (b) think right, and (c) believe. Most runners get lost in one or more of those three steps.

I had on my team a girl who at age twelve just missed the world mile record for her age group. But at 20 she just couldn't run.

We didn't keep track of how many miles we ran back then. We just ran. If you LOVE to run with the kind of passion I have for running, you will understand this. Running was my mode of transportation.