Zhang Xin Quotes

The only way I'll ever run a marathon is if I'm involved in the administration.

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

Running a marathon is something I've always wanted to do.

My dad was a big runner. Growing up, I watched him do half marathons, and he was always running six or seven miles.

I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons.

I do a lot of marathons as training runs. If I'm somewhere and there's a marathon, I'll sign up and just go run it.

I couldn't be more excited to return to the ING New York City Marathon.

Marathon runners set explicit goals.

For me, I want 10 perfect events.

I run year-round and then ramp up my training for a race a few months before.

If you own an event, it's your job to make sure the athletes are satisfied when they fight.

My first race was in October 2001 in Kapsabet, Kenya. It was a 10km road race. I was excited and I was happy to know I am good in running.

I'm actually studying hospitality and I have a concentration in event planning and design. I study mostly around event management and a little bit of business.

I want to do marathons; I want to do an Ironman.

There are a limited number of promoters out there who care about creating music. You rarely meet a promoter who's like, "I want to be responsible for the best shows, I want to make sure that these are the best shows these audiences have ever seen."

We are not to lead events, but to follow them.

Aiming for the marathon is a task of sorts which can include terrific highs and lows.

It's a lot of work organizing something, whether it's a show or a book, and I don't want to do it every day.

The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months.

People would ask if I wanted to host things and I was like, "No, I'm a writer, I don't host things." Just thinking I wouldn't be good at it - which is true - but also just wanting to hold on to some part of my identity.

Events need their invitation, dissolutions their start.

I've been running like this since I was seven.

Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the street didn't even have time to finish their catcalls.

I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.