I double-knot my shoe laces. It's a pain untying your shoes afterward-particularly if you get them wet-but so is stopping in the middle of a race to tie them.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.

There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb...suggests one day...for every kilometer run in anger.

Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more.

Rested, Refreshed, and Ready to run, the three Rs of peak performance.