Eventually, if I keep improving that level, I'll be up there mixing it up with those guys. But one step at a time, I guess.

Running is a lot physical and a lot mental. It's about building your fitness and your confidence, too. Every day, we go out and push each other.

I knew what kind of fitness I was in, and I knew I wasn't ready to make it a four or five-minute jump. I made a three-minute jump and I'm pretty happy with it.

I was a little worried but I stuck to the game plan and it turned out pretty well.

It'd be great. That's what we're striving for, but not just in Boston. The goal is to get the U.S. back to where it was because we kind of became the joke of distance running internationally. And I can't stand for other countries to look at us like we're these 'lazy Americans.' I hate that.

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