We are designed to run and we increase our chance of daily happiness when we do so.

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.

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.

Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.

The marathon is a competition between your will and your possibilities

To finish will leave you feeling like a champion and positively change your life.

The more you frame the marathon as a stressful experience, the more negative messages you'll receive. But it's just as easy to frame it as a positively challenging journey.