For most of the track world, the Olympic year is such a huge year, and it's a big year for us marathoners too.
I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.
China is not only formidable, it is also aggressively building its own economic infrastructure. Just a few years from now, China will rival the U.S. and the European Union in global market power. It already has surpassed us in population.