Alan Culpepper Quotes (20 Quotes)

It went through my mind at that point that this is like the Tour de France, where the crowd opens up as you go by. It was really cool.

I felt good I was trying to be mindful of what was coming. There's always that balance. You have to race but pay attention that there's another 15 miles or so.

I thought he was some guy who jumped onto the course.

I think for those of us that are in long-distance running ... we're not probably as surprised as some other people are, honestly. We've seen it coming for a while, and we've seen it building. This has been a work in progress for the last five or six years

The Olympic Games tends to be a little more of a coming together of all the nations, so it's different. I really can't imagine a bad reaction. If it was going to be bad in Athens, it would have been bad in Paris at the World Championships with all that went on last year with France. The reception was fine. Just pretty much like all the others we've gotten in other places.

It's a delicate balance. Because you don't want the race to go without you.

For those of us in it, we're probably not as surprised as some other people are. We've seen this coming for a while. This has been a work in progress for the last 5 to 6 years.

Most countries around the world, they just don't think that way. They think, 'I'm just going to get in the race and I'm just there to race.'

Yeah, it changes the dynamics of the race because he is such a big-time marathoner. And I definitely think it opens up a spot because someone of his caliber, even if he were coming in at 75 percent, would be a 210-type runner.

Our sport needs spectator friendly and all the help it can get on that side. That adds to the allure of the race. And just from the mental side it helps you stay focused better knowing you do these loops and you're not just off on the course out in the middle of nowhere.

Those of us in the sport who make our profession at it have seen this coming. We're not as surprised as some other people are. We've seen it building. This has been a work in progress for the last five or six years. It's a nice change.

But for those of us in it, we're not as surprised as some other people are. We've seen it building.

For those of us who are in it and make our profession, we're probably not as surprised as other people. We've seen this coming for a while. We've seen this building. I think it is a new day, for sure.

Well, I think for those of us that are in it, as we make our profession this way, we're not probably as surprised as some other people are, honestly.

You don't want the race to go without you, but you know you have 22 miles to go. It's a balance.

Every time we tried to get going there was some factor -- weather, wind or turns. I think we all suffered somewhat from conditions.

When Brian went by me, I thought it was some guy who ran onto the course.

I feel like the bad conditions and the tough course is to my advantage, just because a lot of people are going to be disheartened when it starts going poorly,

When Brian went by me, I thought he was some guy that jumped on the course.

I thought I was clear.