you were to run them solely as workouts, butcome on, we’ veall said, “I’m running this as a workout” and been unable to contain ourselves.

Also, even if you were able to run them entirely at a controlled pace, there’s the issue of muddying the distinction between workouts and races. Some people have no problem with this, but I know a lot of people who enter races as “workouts” and, once it’s time to enter races as races, don’t really run any faster.

Mostimportant, though, is the timing inherent in your proposed plan. These races are going to be on weekends, when you’ll probably also be doing your long runs. So that means either doing what would bea very hard

workout during a race on Saturday, then going long the next day or, worse, going long on Saturday to account for the fact that most races are on Sundays. Either way, your long run, which is the most important aspect of your marathon preparation, is compromised significantly. Scott Douglas is the former editor of Running Times

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STEPHANIE EHRET, 36, anative of Boulder, Colorado, began running when the only other people on the roads were Frank Shorter, her father, and a few odd joggers with towels around their necks. Stephanie ran (and won) her first ultra in 1996: 30 miles of concrete! Since then she has participated in races nationwide, from the SOK to 100 miles on road, track, and trail.

E Stephanie fully recovered from her Across the Years experience to place second among women at the 1999 Leadville Trail 100. After 14 years as a museum curator and arts administrator, Stephanie recently chose anew path and enrolled in the Boulder College of Massage Therapy. She lives and trains in Boulder with her favorite running companion, pacer, and husband, Peter Bakwin.

JOHN J. KELLEY, a.k.a. “Johnny Kelley the Younger”’—to differentiate him from his namesake, “Johnny A. Kelley the Older” (no relation)—won the Boston Marathon in 1957. Like his namesake, John J. Kelley developed a penchant for finishing second at Boston, a feat he accomplished five times. The only American to win Boston in the 1950s, Johnny coached Amby Burfoot, the only American to win Boston in the 1960s ( 1968). Aretired high school English teacher, Johnny makes his home in Mystic, Connecticut, from where he continues to turn out his “running memoirs” for readers of this magazine.

GUY AVERY is the founder and former publisher/editor of Peak Running Performance, the world’s largest scientific-based newsletter for improving the distance running performance of serious runners. A former NCAA Division I runner at Siena College, Guy was a member of their three-time New York State Cross-Country Champion team. He has coached high school state champions as well as JUCO, NAIA, and NCAA All-Americans. Voted Regional Coach of the Year by his coaching peers every year he’s coached at the collegiate level, Avery’s claim to fame is that every runner he has ever

coached has improved significantly. Guy is currently completing a new workbook on marathon training. He writes, coaches, and lives in San Diego.

MICHAEL BRANDT beganrunningat the age of 41 and has since completed 40 marathons. Michael originally took up running to supplement his physical conditioning for mountain climbing adventures, which have taken him to more than 50 countries. As amountain guide and climber, Michael has climbed on every continent and summited five of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. Michael ree to run at least one marathon on each of the seven continents and has notched four to date. He’s run marathons from Antarctica in the south to Nanisivik in the north. Michael, a retired Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective supervisor, is a freelance writer and runs with the Sacramentobased Buffalo Chips RRCA running club.

DAVID KROMER is a runner with more than 35 years of experience in the running game. Those first few strides he took as a 12-year-old in junior high school gym class ignited a lifetime passion for the sport. During his college years, Dave got a large dose of inspiration from his coach, Bob Sevene. He has enjoyed a long association with the Bill Rodgers Running Center, going all the way back to those exciting days of the running boom in the late 1970s. Dave’s favorite memory is the 2:38 he ran as a masters runner in the Vermont City Marathon. He lives in Melrose, Massachusetts.

RICH LIMACHERis a free-lance (more “free” than “Jance”) writer living in Matteson, Illinois, a Chicago south suburb with no unpaved trails, no mountains, and not one decent hill. Rich claims to have been running since he crossed the border 17 years ago, and Customs hasn’t caught him yet. Rich also likes to “kid” a lot. Humor is what gets him through such things as 100-mile races, of which he’s now attempted seven, failing only at the one he needed to finish most—Hardrock. Rich regularly writes of his “ultra-nutty” adventures on the Internet, and can be e-mailed at TheTroubadour @ prodigy.net.