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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i’m not sure if the lifetime movie plot above is supposed to be a tearjerker, inspirational, or a cautionary tale.  What I do know is that a 1:52 800 is really only valuable if the kid can add value on the cross team.  but if so, that’s the most valuable kid around - top 5 cross and scoring 800 points in track - [/quote]

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Tearjerker? Really. You don’t get it. I am successful today - including completed schools with honors which helicopter DCUM those slobber over (overrated) - because of necessity. No way any of that happens if mommy and daddy paid the way. My cushy town just didn’t produce hardened and tough people.

I call a former world record holder in the mile to keep him company in his twilight years. He had a background similar to mine and would laugh at the tear jerker statement. His pride would be in not raising his kids that way, same as me. He was one mentally tough guy, and he like most people from hardship, really channeled his motivation into his chosen pursuit - having supreme confidence in his kick - just a belief in his speed derived in part because of necessity in his life.  This is not a feature easily understood by most DCUM elitists.

But the point indeed is one of caution. Running is not swimming. A modest introduction to the sport in 8th grade has worked out well for so many. Starting earlier just rarely works out. For every Jakob Ingebritsen, whose father is facing charges of abuse, there are those that exit early. Witness Jakob’s siblings who are incredibly talented but who have abandoned the sport. Our double bronze medal winner in the 5k and 10k in Paris played soccer his first two years in high school. Some doubt his speed but I don’t. He just needs to dial up his kick earlier to be at the front and near the rail in these ferociously competitive races. But tearjerker guy as a former All American yourself you know all of this.

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