Kelly Holmes
Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, MBE, DBEis a retired British middle distance athlete...
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth19 April 1970
rested
It's so important for me to be rested before a big race.
complete struggle
It's been a complete struggle to be honest,
injury might nearly needs rid shows thinking worth
It might say it has nearly healed, but if it shows that we can't get rid of the injury and that it needs an operation, then it's not worth thinking about the Commonwealth Games.
That's if I go to the Commonwealth Games,
case trying
Now it's just as case of trying to do one thing at a time.
expect felt last obviously quite racing round
I actually didn't expect to get round the whole 800 meters, so I'm quite pleased. Around the last 250 meters, I really felt my leg. That obviously wasn't me racing at my best.
experience life shook touches ways
He'd just come into my life but it shook me up very much. That was a life-changing experience that sometimes touches you in more ways that you think.
felt football high home junior needed team
When he was in junior high the football team needed a kicker and he felt at home doing that.
air overseas race simply
If there was no air travel, I wouldn't be able to race overseas and I wouldn't have an international career. I simply wouldn't be able to do what I do.
athens athlete great hectic last running since time wait
It has been such a hectic time since Athens and since I last raced at the end of the summer. It has been great fun, but I'm an athlete and running is what I do. I can't wait to get back on to the track.
clear injury run
I have to be clear of injury if I am to run at the Commonwealth Games. I am not going there struggling. I have done enough of that in my career.
decision injuries irrational mind prepared until
I don't want to make an irrational decision with an injury. You just give up on injuries and I am not prepared to do that. I can't make my mind up until that is 100%.
feelings lines wonderful
When you cross the line, it is such a wonderful feeling it's hard to describe.
running thinking race
Sometimes, when I walk out onto the track I think, 'What am I doing here? Why do I put myself through this?' But that's when you really get into your focus ... you focus on the race you are going to run.