The most challenging aspect of the decathlon is not the events themselves, but how you train to become the best 100-meter runner you are on the same day that you're the best 1,500-meter runner.
And there is such a thing as a decathlon high. It's like a rock rolling down hill, picking up momentum. You get better and better.
I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.
I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.
To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.
There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10.
The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It's the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration.
The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
