Si l’on doit vivre longtemps, plutôt que de traverser toutes ses années dans le brouillard, mieux vaut les passer avec des objectifs bien clairs en tête, en étant tout à fait vivant. Dans cette perspective, je crois que courir constitue une aide véritable.

So, what’s the difference between a good run and a bad run? The space between our ears. Our opinion about every single run is determined by the expectations we have placed on it. More than pace or any other metric, our attitude affects the way we view our experiences. It all comes down to losing the connection between our body and our mind.

In less than a year, I’d traveled from quitting running to twentieth at nationals, then to sixth, and now, second among the Americans at worlds. It seemed as though when my mind talked, my body listened, opening me to progress. My plan was to keep making more.

It just goes to show how grueling an event a marathon really is. If you don’t keep repeating a mantra of some sort to yourself, you’ll never survive.