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.

What is the purpose of any one workout? Enjoyment? Improvement? Coach said so? Whatever, the hour you run often is the best hour of the day.

Whatever, the hour you run often is the best hour of the day.

Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.

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

Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.

It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.