One of my favorite stories I heard from another runner (a marathon champion infact) was the explanation of how to break down a race.

Seeing him a night prior to a marathon event, I asked him if he had any good pointers for a "so-called-runner" like myself, as I put it to him. First thing he asked caught me off guard a little bit. "Do you eat pie?"

It was really hard not to laugh. So hard, that I actually broke out laughing before I said, well, that depends on what kind of pie we're talkin...

Another great year in the books.  It’s hard to think back and think of one single thing that stood out.  So many things happened in what seemed like a short period of time, even though each year is the same amount of time (with the exception of leap years of course). 
Thinking back to 2010 – with my running season that took place from the end of April all the way through the end of September, again I had the opportunity to meet hundreds of great people.  From runners, to spectators, volun...