![]() On the line: "To simply run makes excellent sense. And what people are looking for out of running is much more complex than merely a winning time. And that is, I think, because this is something that we do by ourselves and for ourselves. And yet at the same time, those of us who do run really don't pay a lot attention to the people who are best at it. I technically have "raced" Meb Keflezighi - the finest American runner of our generation - twice. On the observation that runners rarely talk about the greatest elite runners What was unusual and unexpected, in my case, is that when I finished the marathon, instead of saying, 'OK, that's done, now I shall buy a sports car or go trekking in Nepal,' I said, 'I wonder if I could do that faster.' " Interview Highlights "And I said to myself, 'Well I know, I will run a marathon, and thus I will not die.' And it doesn't make any sense, but it has worked so far. ![]() ![]() "When I turned 40, some years ago, I was transfixed by the panic that people who are turning 40 often have, which is, 'Oh my God, I'm turning 40. ![]()
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