Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.

Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel good.

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

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.

We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.