John Conley Quotations

If we get a major blizzard in the City of Calgary, which we have had many years ago, it can definitely cripple the infrastructure.

If the running conditions on the roadways were hazardous to our runners, that would be sufficient to cancel or delay the event. I'm mostly concerned that our volunteers will opt to stay home because of the frigid conditions. The runners, for the most part, won't be deterred.

From 1992 to 2000, Motorola owned the project.

Here we are, 10 years after Harry Green's mark, and it's another UT runner gunning for the record,

It also did siding damage to houses behind and across the street.

That actually helped us back in 1999 where we were able to expose a runner who really only ran the last mile of the race in an effort to get an Olympic trials qualifying time, and we reviewed about 30 minutes of tape and determined that she jumped in at mile 25.

We're definitely erring on the side of safety. So far it doesn't look like we're looking at anything too serious.

We'll wait and hear the feedback. Either we'll refine (the course) again or people will unanimously like it logistically and from a customer satisfaction point. I see no reason why it can't be a keeper.

We had a lot of plans to help the community and make it better. For all of this to come up, it's been a deterrent. We can't get things done on schedule.

We know it's a dynamic situation, but it's totally premature to talk about delays or postponement. Runners need to be prepared and dress for the weather.

We saw a lot of sunburn last year.

This opens some opportunities that we haven't had before with the exclusive branding. It will be free of this overpowering corporate presence.

Following examination, it has been determined (the powder) was not a dangerous material.

This has been a planned separation. We weren't surprised. We didn't have the rug pulled out from under us. There's been a six-year trend to have the marathon stand on its own two feet.

I told Paul he'd need to run a sub-29 to get the record, and it didn't seem to faze him at all. The guy is definitely in race shape.

It's a lot easier to haul around 2,000 songs now than it ever was,

It's a pretty unique concept, and it's pretty new technology.

The new course is balanced: got about 250 feet on the front half and about 170 feet on the back half. It's perfect to keep people from going out too fast.