In the OWH Living Section they have a quote every day and I’m hijacking yesterday’s because it deserves repeating:
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” William Faulkner.
Imagine what a great world this would be if we all aspired to do better than we think we can. I long ago cleared the hurdle of other’s expectations and am driven by an internal desire to be better than the Very Best I can. I also give myself a broad swath of forgiveness when I fail, with regularity given the human condition, preferring self absolution to the opines of others. When I brought this attitude to Nebraska I was deemed by those possessing less self awareness as having Narcissitic Personality Disorder, and boy oh boy did they have a ball with that. They didn’t understand that I didn’t want to be better than them, only to be better than myself, and I still do.
I want You to be Better Than You!
Megan Zavorka took the win in the Women’s 5000 at last weekend’s Concordia Twilight Meet, running 18:09, and it is worth repeating how windy it was Saturday night.
Online registration is up and running for the Big Blue Run 5K at www.midwestprostatecancer.org/big-blue-run.html The race is set for June 11 at 8:00 am at Millers Landing. Later that same day our fleetest mates will contest the Blair Elite Downtown Mile. The BEDM has equalized the prize money for men and women this year and we Sure Appreciate this. This is the 3rd year in a row that Race Director Lowell Peterson has hosted our Nebraska Association 1 Mile Championships, we thank him and Derek Fey for their continued support. I should have included in yesterday’s column the link to get your USATF membership www.usatf.org/membership Remember our Nebraska LDR program gets a wee percentage of every adult membership so thanks for supporting our efforts!
Wednesday Night Track Work, Millard West @ 6:00 pm.
Everyone: 1.5-2.0 mile warm up & down
Marathoners: 4 X 1200 @ Goal Half Marathon Pace
Half Marathoners: 3 X 1000 @ Goal 10K Pace
Speed Demons: 4 X 800 @ Goal 5K Pace
GIDDYUP!
The start of last year’s inaugural Big Blue Run. Former Mayor Hal Daub fired the starter’s pistol, quite the dramatic photo of the instant the blank exploded. Better lucky than good.
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