For most of the track world, the Olympic year is such a huge year, and it's a big year for us marathoners too.
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But it is nice to know that you have other races lined up, because sometimes you can get so focused on your next marathon that it can become kind of unhealthy in some ways. So it's nice to have something else to slap you in the face and say, all right, there is life after the Olympics.
Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it's the Olympics. I'm blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.
I've had a lot of success over the years racing in New York, but the main point is that I feel the marathon is a different event, a lot more my event.
It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.
People forget that track and field is one of the hardest sports because we compete against all the world. There are many sports when you are up against only 15 or 20 countries.
I was almost expecting the Olympics to be the biggest thing ever, but it wasn't. It was just another race.
I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.
We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.
For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.
The Olympics are a world apart from racing for a record. You put out of your mind pretty much what anyone else doing in the race.