Joe, you should tell him there's a lot of money to be made in breaking the world record for a 10k run.
Island Ryhno said:Not sure, I do know that they are professional runners and do so for money, and they make a good living. However if he can beat the Kenyans and Ethiopians, who are the worlds premiere distance runners, he will make quite a name for himself. Haile Gebreselassie used to run 10km a day to school from a mud hut he lived in, every day, probably bare foot. If he's a white canadian running uberstar, he'll make more than enough money!
I certainly cannot run 10km's, let alone even 5km's yet....
If you want to improve your length of runs then I have some advice for you, every new week your running add some more distance to your last run. I did this and progressed in no time, just make sure that while your doing your runs your not getting too much pain, and if it really hurts lay off for a week or you'll find yourself sitting around for five weeks because of shin splints as I found out the hard way Sad. Plus if you add more distance and get more intense in your runs then you'll get a "runners high", absolutely love those, felt as if I could go on forever.
Good luck