| HAUS |
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| 04/23/25 12:06 PM |
Re: St. Louis bound
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griffin said:
Injuries and illness defines a running career as much as fast times. It's part of it. Grif was 3rd in State in the 800 his Jr. year and the favorite to win state his Sr. year. He had ran the 3rd fastest 800 time in the country, in his Sr. track season, when he went down with Mono. Done.
It serves them well down the road....they learn what it takes to be successful, and how easy it is to lose it.
That young man will be a Capt. in the Marine Corps in 4 months....he'll be out in less than a year...he has a great future lined up. Most of his success can be directly tied to picking his own arse up after he fell time and again in athletics.....you can't teach them that.
Hopefully your kiddos can get heathy in time for the big meets.
Congrats and many thanks to the young man!
As I've gotten older, I've realized one of the best accomplishments to measure a person, is what kind of kids did they raise.
That royally and totally sucks about his senior yr. Gee whiz, what a gut punch. Adversity is one of the greatest teachers there is, in life. Regret can be a great motivator too.
Appreciate the well wishes. Daughter is done for the year and the youngest ran 800 last night in JV meet to see how it felt. Coach just wants him ready for EOY meets, specifically 4x400. They broke a 57 y/o school record last yr in 4x4 and have been district & sectional champs in it the past couple of yrs (or at least qualified for state). We're one of the smallest class 5 schools, so it's a grind to compete with the big ones.
