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.

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.

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

Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.

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

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

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