I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.
I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.
That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.
I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done.
When I started running cross-country and track in high school, literally every race was a failure.
I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old.
I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment - but you have to be positive.
I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.
I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.
I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.