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Absolutely Humbled...

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RunTiff   Nov 9th 2009, 5:39pm
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I never realized how true the Pre quote "to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" was until I finally accomplished my goal of making my individual bid for the NAIA national championship last friday at my conference meet. I have worked so hard for over ten years to get where I am today.. Here I sit, pondering the last six years and how much fun, heart ache and damn hard work has gone into this one triumphant feat. I realize how many people have shaped me into this runner/human being ive become. I feel so grateful for those people and for the work ethic that they have instilled in me. There are people who have had unwaivering faith, not only in my ability to run, but in my ability to take each personal/athletic set back in stride, only to become a better person as a whole. These people have convinced me that I do have a gift and that if I work my tail off, I can and will achieve my dreams. So, this appearence at the NAIA National Cross Chanpionship is really just a culmination of gods plan for my life and a lot of hard work on the part of every single person in around me. I owe this to them, I owe this to god and I owe this to the hardships ive faced. Without these things, I would not be sitting in this amazing place in my life. You know who you are, most of you are runnerspacers! Im just so grateful and so excited to be able to go home for this championship because I will get to thank you all in person!

Time to kick some booty!!!

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peteregan
Congratulations on your success! I once attended an NAIA school in Alabama, starring on the school's rugby team at fullback, which was the closest thing that particular school had to football. Back then I ran a 40 that would have made NFL scouts do a double-take, and deeply regret not pursuing my athletic gifts further when I was young enough to actually do so.

If I may offer a bit of advice, it would be to make the most of it now and don't look back. Once you hit 30, it's next to impossible to recapture the natural gifts that are ever-so-apparent at 21.
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