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

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

Even world class performers can benefit from walk breaks.

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.

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.

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

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.