Find a way to enjoy parts of every run. Most of your runs should be mostly enjoyable.

Marathon training doesn't have to be a grind. By running for about 30 minutes two times a week, and by gradually increasing the length of a third weekly run-the long run-anyone can finish a marathon.

I spent the first twenty years of my running career trying to run as many miles as I could as fast as I could. Then I spent the next twenty years trying to figure out how to run the least amount of miles needed to finish a marathon. And I've come to the conclusion the second way is much more enjoyable.

There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end.

We have a no puke rule. The purpose is performance, not puking.

The most important force inside you for feeling better all the time is the will to get more fit.

The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities