I wanted to run my race. I didn't want to sit there and play games and see who could kick the hardest. I wanted it to be a race.
Marla RunyanIf you want to be known for whom you are as a person, then your responsibility it to make your qualities more visible. I believe if you don't you are becoming a victim.
Marla RunyanSometimes parents limit the experiences their kids will have, saying they are going to fail; they can't ride a bike or do sports.
Marla RunyanThere is a big difference to someone being born with vision loss, to a kid having vision loss, to a senior having macular degeneration and losing their sight.
Marla RunyanIt was a very strange, disappointing race in that no one wanted to take it out. That's why I took the lead. I wanted some people to run the real distance and that was frustrating. So I took the pace around the second lap, which in some ways is suicidal...but I wanted the pace to be honest.
Marla Runyan