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

Life is a series of hard and easy runs.

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

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.

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.

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