Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition. |
If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed. |
It's a lot of hard work for five, six or seven years. There's no secret formula. There's no shortcut to the top. |
It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it. |
No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athletes through, that burns them out. |
The idea that you can't lose contact with the leaders has cut more throats than it has saved. |
Your aerobic development is a gradual thing. It takes years and years of marathon-type training to develop your aerobic capacity to the fullest. |