My fastest time in high school was a 4:29 mile. I think cross-country has something to do with my longevity in my business. When you're in an eight-mile race, you never give up.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In school I was pretty fast.
To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.
I did my first cross country race when I was about 10 and absolutely loved it. I wasn't particularly good, so I didn't just carry on because I was good, but it just really appealed to me.
I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school.
Fitness has always been one of my strengths. I can do all the long-distance runs. When I was at school and we entered the competitions, I used to do the 100m, 200m, and the 1500m as well, so it's never just been a pace thing.
When I started running cross-country and track in high school, literally every race was a failure.
I could produce spurts of speed and after taking up athletics I found myself running quite quickly over 400m.
As long as you try your best, that is all that matters. You don't have to be the fastest runner or top of the class.
In high school, the fastest I ever ran was like a 4.67; that's pretty fast. But then, I only weighed 168 pounds.