Sair wrote:
If that's not impressive enough he
a) Turns 40 this year and
b) Was in training for a 100km race, which he did a 50 mile training run for a few weeks ago, and entered London on a whim.
His blog's an entertaining read that I'd highly recommend:
http://www.steveway.co.uk/
It really only points out how lame the rest of you are.
You're limited by your linear thinking and lack of true ambition. If it gets too hard you look the other way.
I was a solid athlete in school, was a good jumper.
Had a vehicle accident and blew out my cruciates and meniscus. Back in the 70's there was no good surgery for that, and I was told to take up swimming, as my running / jumping career was over. I refused and move to sprinting and eventually to 400 m. I ran on adrenalin, because I had no speed endurance beyond 60 ms. And I limped. Medaled at the Olympic trials in th 400. (in a minor country), but had an A qualifier by today's standards. Didn't get picked but the guy who beat me medaled in the Olympics. So it wasn't chumpshit.
If you really want to bust your ass, you can't look at the crack in your ass and say that it was you that busted it.
Too many want the scholarship, the approval, the support, and all those things do is make it softer, not easier. They're distractions. People want to make a living out of sport, not leave a mark.
Sacrifice, work hard. There are reasons that coaches like Cerrutti and Hilliard are still worshiped.