There Are A Lot Of Guys Out

An Athlete Who Tells You The Training Is Always Easy And Always Fun Simply Hasn't Been There. Goals Can Be Elusive Which Makes The Difficult Journey All The More Rewarding.

You Have To Change Things In Order To Get To Where You Want To Go. And Things Might Get Worse. But If You're Not Getting Where You Want To Be, Already, In A Sense, It's As Bad As It Can Get.

I'm Doing Great Heart-wise. I Get A Complete Stress Test Once A Year, And Those Have Gone Well. I Have Stents In Two Arteries, And They Are Holding Up. My Other Arteries Haven't Shown Any Additional Clogging.

I Didn't Give Myself Enough Breaks During The Training Year To Recover. I Didn't Understand The Power Of Periodization.

I've Run A Lot Of Miles Over The Years, Some Fast And Some Not So Fast. I've Won Some Big Races And I've Had Some Big Disappointments, But I Enjoy The Freedom Of Running And The Challenge Of Training And Competition As Much Now As When I First Started Back In High School.