Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Leap, and the net will appear.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Never complain and never explain.
I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis.