When I meet athletes at an event, many times I am meeting first timers. I ask how they are feeling and fairly frequently the words “nervous” or “anxious” pop out of their mouths. I can relate, obviously. But I tell them these are good feelings to have. These feelings usually keep them from doing something [...]

A friend of mine recently said, “Today, I signed up for a marathon that will be run next January. I’ve probably got a while before I need to get serious about my training.”  I thought about it for a second and told him, “well, that depends.” How long is a while?  What does he mean [...]