Tom Burns, a friend of mine who ran 20:20 for four miles at age 47, once said that the races he was proudest of weren’t his fastest ones, when everything had gone right, he’d beaten who he’d wanted to beat, and splits that he usually struggled to reach suddenly felt effortless. He said he was proudest of a few races in which everything had gone wrong – when the people he wanted to beat receded into the distance ahead of him, the splits were pathetic, and he felt like his legs were lead weights – but he still didn’t back off. [More]
Tags: Distance Running, NYRR, Olympics, Running, Stuart Calderwood, Track & Field, Women's Olympic Marathon
