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- Anya
"Good-looking people have no spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but we're smarter." - Lester Bangs
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
Prince of Fatness
To run faster you must run farther. To run farther you must run slower. - Author unknown
Not at it at all.
Slow-smooth-fast
This is so simple but it took me years to figure it out. Once I did I have made steady progress bring my times down.
"I've been following Eddy's improvement over the last two years on this site, and it's been pretty dang solid. Sure the weekly mileage has been up and down, but over the long haul he's getting out the door and has turned himself into quite a runner. He's only now just figuring out his potential. Consistency in running is measured in years, not weeks. And over the last couple of years, Eddy's made great strides" Jeff 14 Jan 2009