_____ Regularity at any cost is the backbone of all fitness. _____ Quality without quantity is wasteful. ” _____ You’re not a real runner until you’ve done a marathon. _____ Triathlons are important because they allow you to do more training with impunity. _____ To go for more, always for more, is what’s important in life. _____ Rest is for the weary, not for the strong. _____ An unbroken string of workouts should remain so. _____ A person who has nothing to prove has already made a point. _____ If you don’t even try, you’ve already lost.

_____ Warm-up and cool-down are important, but it’s what comes in the middle of a workout that counts. _____ As far as endurance training goes, more is always better. 22 _____ “My workouts for the past week? ” _____ Regularity at any cost is the backbone of all fitness. _____ Quality without quantity is wasteful. ” _____ You’re not a real runner until you’ve done a marathon. _____ Triathlons are important because they allow you to do more training with impunity. _____ To go for more, always for more, is what’s important in life.

I learned life’s lessons, and running’s, the hard way. The stars receded, and my Olympic dreams grew tarnished. But something good also happened. I figured out how to run on terms that actually worked. They didn’t require Perfection. And sure, they didn’t deliver impossible dreams. But they made me happy. And I can live with that. I learned that: 1. No one ever completes an unblemished training plan. Some days you get sick. Other days you just feel like crap (even though you don’t know why). The most you can hope for is that you’ll hit 80 percent of the workouts you originally planned.