Brace Yourself

At a press release held early this morning in the living room of the Author:

"Uh, yes, good morning, thank you for coming. I wanted to let all of you know that I ran with a brace this morning and it was amazing, no pain, I was flabbergasted. I will now take your questions."
"Miss FTIWTC, you say you experienced no pain? Did you run more?"
"That is correct. Yes."
"Uh, hi, Jason Fakename from Channel 4. Are you saying you experienced no knee pain this morning and you ran more? Did you run faster?"
"That is correct. Yes."
"How fast?"
"I shaved one minute off my best 4-mile time."
"Hello Author, this is Jenny Gooberstomper from Channel 11. You're saying you ran faster, longer, and had no pain? Why do you think you waited so long to buy a knee brace? Was it egotistical hubris?"
"Whoa lady! What kind of leading question is that? Screw you!"
"You're going on the record as saying, and I quote, 'Screw you?'"
"I guess I am. Next question?"
"Are you excited about the 12-mile scheduled for Saturday? How do you think you'll do?"
"Yes and no. Due to scheduling conflicts I don't have much time to finish it. I think it'll take three hours, but I'll likely feel guilty about being out that long and cut it short because if it weren't for guilt there would be nothing left of me. I am made of guilt."
"That was a really long answer. Could you give us a sound bite?"
"Screw you. Thank you."