That's just preparation and setup. We knew after the first lap that we were going to be running down everybody.

All of my preparation has been about running in control and doing a negative split.

I was very aware of shoes when I was running track. The American shoes were offshoots of tire companies. Shoes cost $5, and you would come back from a 5-mile run with your feet bleeding.

The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.

why does a 67-year-old guy who got his start running an athletic shoe company… think he can enter a field famous for gobbling up fortunes?

The preparation was good and certainly at this stage, there are encourage signs that the first national immunization day was a success. There was good media coverage and good public perception of the need for vaccination.