You guys are saying what I have tried to communicate several times. All
can't be record setters, or for that matter winners of a class. A long
time ago I settled on having fun, trying to best my previous times, and
let the rest fall where it may. Saves a lot of disappointment and
depression.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
Skip Higginbotham wrote:
>
> Thank you Howard, I tried to say the same basic thing to one our list
> members but you said it much more elequently.
> If one achieves his/her personal best....sometimes the "record" comes along
> with it.....added fun.
> Skip
>
> At 07:54 PM 3/15/01 , you wrote:
> >List,
> > It seems that too many people take our sport too seriously anymore. I
> >guess it's hard not to be serious about something you can get killed doing
> >but some people come to the meets trying to achieve a personal best without
> >regard to what the record is.
> > I think they deserve to be allowed to run just like everyone else. They
> >have fun, share stories, and like was said, help cover the expenses.
> > I have been accused of being too serious and probably correctly in many
> >cases, but I also just love to go fast in an organized environment with all
> >the proper safety protection standing by.
> >
> >Howard
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