To me, it always seemed odd that people found it odd that she (or anyone) would rather follow her heart than do something she was phenomenal at doing but didn't love, or that she'd want to travel and see the world and search inside of herself as part of her time at NAU. In the interview, John asks, "who does that?" Sadly, not enough people.
I'm still confused about her death. Did anyone find out why it took so long to report her death? Or what the circumstances were around it? Such a free spirit and talent, it's so sad to see this.
Thanks for a great write up on her. Better late than never. What an awesome talent and interesting girl.
Fawn wrote:
I'm still confused about her death. Did anyone find out why it took so long to report her death? Or what the circumstances were around it? Such a free spirit and talent, it's so sad to see this.
Those of us who were in the NAU track circle of friends and/or teammates found out not too long after it happened last summer, but no one really said anything (on here) out of respect for the family. And honestly it just didn't feel right to put anything up here at the time. We just wanted to make sure friends knew what happened, and it would work its way through the internet in due time.
Thanks for the article wejo, made me a little emotional on a Friday morning but in a good self reflective way.
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kmaclam wrote:Thanks for a great write up on her. Better late than never. What an awesome talent and interesting girl.
where is the article? I would like to read it.
It's front and center on the homepage and here:
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2014/03/remembering-johanna-nilsson/Do you have adblock installed? We serve some of our top articles via adsoftware to make sure new visitors see them. So if you have an adblocker you'll never see them.
Nice article. The Nilsson sisters played a small part in me going to NAU. In 2003 I was looking for a school to attend. I wanted to go somewhere in the Southwest. Being from California, I had never heard of Northern Arizona University. It was running and following NCAA running that led me to first discover NAU. Seeing NAU next to Ida and Johanna Nilsson's name on the result sheets got me interested in researching and looking up NAU and what it had to offer. In the fall of 2004 I attended NAU and graduated in 2007.
I did see the Nilsson sisters around campus and of course saw them run a lot at the NAU indoor/outdoor meets but I would have never guessed Johanna was going through all her coaches describe in the article. I wish I could have known her better. She sounds like she was a very down to earth and real individual. It's a tragedy for sure and her family and close friends are very lucky to have known her.
thanks for the article, enjoyed reading it
btw . her story would probably make a great book or movie
groupie wrote:
Fawn wrote:I'm still confused about her death. Did anyone find out why it took so long to report her death? Or what the circumstances were around it? Such a free spirit and talent, it's so sad to see this.
Those of us who were in the NAU track circle of friends and/or teammates found out not too long after it happened last summer, but no one really said anything (on here) out of respect for the family. And honestly it just didn't feel right to put anything up here at the time. We just wanted to make sure friends knew what happened, and it would work its way through the internet in due time.
Thanks for the article wejo, made me a little emotional on a Friday morning but in a good self reflective way.
This. A lot of people knew about this but no one said anything on LR (that I know of).
Some people don't realize just how talented she was and this article just touches on it.
Wejo, it was a really nice article, thanks for doing this.
But it still isn't clear why she took this tragic turn, any insight? Was there issues with depression?
So very sad to see such a beautiful person ending life way to soon. Just tragic.
[quote]Stating the obvious wrote:
Was there issues with depression?
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Yes