Once again another difficult week for me. I ran 160 miles most at sub 5 minutes per mile. On my third long run of the week I was running on the course and ran past a skinny american. I thought this can't be a skinny american! I asked him his name , he said Alan Culpepper. I asked him if he would like to run with me. He said yes. However after a mile he said he had to back off because the pace was too much for him. That is when I realized he may be skinny, but he is still an american.