Ryan Holmes Quotes

Me, if I'm in a long-distance race, I have speed. In the sprint, I don't have so much speed.

In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.

I want to run until I can't run.

On the ice, if I slow down, I can coast behind somebody for a couple of laps. If I slow down on the run, it'll turn into a walk.

I am a distance runner, a marathoner... literally and figuratively.

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.

The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running.

We are just not made up to be middle distance runners.

Running doesn't come easy to me, especially the first thirty or so minutes. My message is take it one step at a time.

Because running fast is more fun than running slow.

I love sprinting, but I hate long-distance running. Isn't that funny?

I have been dreaming of an outdoor world record forever. Now I want them all: the 1500, the 5000, even the 800.

I want to run as fast as I can.

I think I could make a 1,000 mile race. But I would definitely have to take pre-race precautions to make sure I could make it that far.

I can't even imagine what it's like to run for 5 or 6 hours.

How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line.

The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.

You cannot win if you cannot run.

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.

My husband and I both have our bucket lists. Running a marathon was on mine.

There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling 'em behind him as fast as the next man's hoss, I don't care where he comes from. And he can keep at it as long as the sun can shine without resting.

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.

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

I'm a runner first before anything else.