The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course, there is another advantage, because of your long experience, you can use it. – Haile Gebrselassie
Running is an art, a craft, a method of expression.
Running is science, an experiment.
A race is a performance.
Becoming a runner is an invention of one.
This is my “problem” with becoming the best runner I could have been.
I could never find my role, my balance, just the right ingredients. The correct recipe.
The right equation…
If I had to do it all over again, I think I might be more scientific.
Odd perhaps – I knew more about the science of running than most anybody back then.
Not that there was all that much to know really.
Remember steak before the big game?
So, I decided to be more scientific.
But any equation which starts with ‘Broke-down Old Guy’ seems unlikely to = fast times.
Questioned myself.
When runners are old, how do they keep going?
They struggle.
What was your biggest disappointment?
Getting slow before I was done getting fast.
What would you say to your younger self?
Waste less time. Because it runs out.
What advice would you give?
Never surrender.