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What I think a lot of great marathon runners do is envision crossing that finish line. Visualization is critical. But for me, I set a lot of little goals along the way to get my mind off that overwhelming goal of 26.2 miles. I know I've got to get to 5, and 12, and 16, and then I celebrate those little victories along the way.

The natural urge when running a distance is to push harder and finish sooner - to race against time. Every second behind a deadline is a little defeat.

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.

Even though running is work for me, I always miss it if I take a break. A lot of people find running relaxing, but I can never switch off from timing and competing against myself.

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right.

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.

My goal is to break three hours in a marathon.

I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.