I am a private person and that has always been my personality.

I'm never going to run this again.

Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.

If you are training properly, you should progress steadily. This doesn't necessarily mean a personal best every time you race ... Each training session should be like putting money in the bank. If your training works, you continue to deposit into your 'strength' account ... Too much training has the opposite effect. Rather than build, it tears down. Your body will tell when you have begun to tip the balance. Just be sure to listen to it.

I'll never do that again!

I love running. It's as simple as that ... it has given me endless rewards: physical, emotional, and professional. The benefits of running are lifelong. I ran as a child, and I intend to run into my old age.

What Fred Lebow went through was an inspiration for me. You have to set goals for yourself.