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October 14th 2006 06:19
Hello all
A humbling past few days.
The coach (who is over 70) who trains the squad I run with, here down under was, at one time, one of the best runners in the world. A former Commonwealth Games medallist, runner-up at the Boston Marathon, and, at one stage, he was the best Australian over distances ranging from 1500m-marathon. It seems ironic then, that this man, an Australian running legend, would now suffer from heart problems.
This morning, before going out on a warm up run, he was talking to some of his athletes, telling them that, after a scare two days prior, his heart was fine, no surgery needed.
It was an amazing juxtaposition, he standing next to a group of fit, sinewy, long distance runners. This former world class athlete reassuring his runners in their twenties, just coming into the peaks of their lives, that he was alright. One athlete noticed that his coach's shoelace was untied, and bent down to tie it for him, mid-conversation and resumed speaking as if nothing had happened.
Humbling (sobering?) to know that, regardless of how carefully we treat our bodies, regardless of how healthy we are, they will eventually cease to function as we want them to.
A humbling past few days.
The coach (who is over 70) who trains the squad I run with, here down under was, at one time, one of the best runners in the world. A former Commonwealth Games medallist, runner-up at the Boston Marathon, and, at one stage, he was the best Australian over distances ranging from 1500m-marathon. It seems ironic then, that this man, an Australian running legend, would now suffer from heart problems.
This morning, before going out on a warm up run, he was talking to some of his athletes, telling them that, after a scare two days prior, his heart was fine, no surgery needed.
It was an amazing juxtaposition, he standing next to a group of fit, sinewy, long distance runners. This former world class athlete reassuring his runners in their twenties, just coming into the peaks of their lives, that he was alright. One athlete noticed that his coach's shoelace was untied, and bent down to tie it for him, mid-conversation and resumed speaking as if nothing had happened.
Humbling (sobering?) to know that, regardless of how carefully we treat our bodies, regardless of how healthy we are, they will eventually cease to function as we want them to.
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