A little bit to add before I move on from that first era of my running.....'80-'84.......this period also encompassed a slew of eight 10Ks and one 5K.......I placed 2nd to 6th overall in all of them with 4 first places in my age group.......my PRs are 34:46 for 10K......and 16:52 for 5K set when I was 22 years old. When it comes to racing I was always very eratic.........periods where I would race a lot and periods....long periods where I would not.......running is now and always has been about the daily run for me......not being in some state of perpetual training.....that is for the novice that needs a carrot in order to be motivated.......I am a streak runner also........I would need to be nearly dead to miss a day......my first long streak was done from September, 1982 - February, 1984......544 days without missing. In fact the day I missed sent me into the second era of my running. More on that era later. my other steaks are August, 1990 - March, 1993......968 days without missing. April, 1993 - November, 2001.......3,155 days without missing a day. My present streak started on May 5th, 2002 and as of this writing on October 13th, 2006........I am at 1,623 days without missing.