Robertson will not make it wrote:
I often wonder what would a guy like that run if they had to get their kids to school and get to work, instead of running in the morning. How well would he run having to deal with the stresses of a job, or other life stresses. What will become of guys like this about 20 years from now? I mean, yes a few guys will be able to capitalize on some type of career out of it, but for the vast majority they will be forgotten to most people. I mean, 20 or 30 years from now Jake and his brother will just be some weard white guys who ran fast many years ago. They don't make big money, and any money they made will be gone. And I'm not just talking about these guys. How many people on the site still remember Lynn Jennings, for example? If you do, you think anyone else in this world that is not a runner cares? Do you think she's celebrity? What about a guy like Joe LeMay, or a host of other runners that ran in the 1990s?
Life has a lot of what if's..what if you were born with a bad heart or a region of your brain didn't develop appropriately, and your alternative life had you in a wheelchair? Embrace taking your kids to school or waking up at 4 am to help out a crying infant, we all have our own path in life. Some were destined to become elite athletes, my dad always said, "has to be somebody's kid.." We only know of the Robertson's now because they had balls the size of Africa to show up and make a life for themselves at 18 years old and stick it out through some very hard times, could have ended tragically a long time ago for them. God Bless them both and their lives moving forward, amazingly unique story.