On New Year's Eve, the two-time Olympic medalist from New Zealand narrowly missed breaking 4 minutes in the mile for the 20th year in a row.
, or test out injuries, which can prolong or aggravate them. But if you allow them to heal, the scab will fall off on its own.Willis reached his peak career achievements between 2014 and 2016. He ran his personal bests of 3:49.83 for the mile and 3:29.66 for the 1500-meter in 2014. He earned an Olympic bronze medalMany of his injuries were so severe that he wasn’t allowed to run at all.
“Most of us who run a lot, it’s a huge part of our day, our week, and our year,” Willis says. “To lose that is really hard.”, or sickness—to allow yourself to grieve. Take a week to 10 days to go through the stages of grief, then try to accept your situation. Afterwards, it’ll be easier to focus on other elements of your life. Eventually, when you run again, you’ll enjoy it that much more.
Willis encourages anyone going through a similar rut—regardless of competitive level—to set goals for the athlete you are“Still challenge yourself, but do it relative to your ability, not other people’s,” he says. “Then we can really feel that jubilation and joy that we first discovered when we got into the sport.”Willis contributes much of his success to the people around him. He lives near his alma mater of Michigan, which leaves him with no shortage of elite distance runners to train with.
“I’ve always trained with people who are 20 to 27 years of age, primarily,” he says. “They haven’t changed because that's always just all of the students in town, undergrad or graduate or postgraduate. It’s kept things fun and energetic.”local running clubsBesides training partners, there’s another support system that contributes to running community—family. On top of his training schedule, Willis is a husband and father of two.
This past autumn, Willis and his track club played in a recreational basketball league. He found that it
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