You dream about the Olympics for so long and you have that one day, then it's over, and when you don't run well there is this huge letdown. It took me years to deal with that. I feel like I almost had to cleanse myself of that experience.

It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing.

I think sometimes you can study guys and build them into giants that they are not.

More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.

I'm constantly searching for the truth amidst a sea of confusion and uncertainty.

I was a runner who happened to be a Christian. I needed to become a Christian who happened to be a runner.

But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.