So, I’ve added a new section to Joe Blogs called “Quick Hitter,” which will just be the occasional short story about some bit of news that might have broken that day or some interesting little tidbit I heard, etc.
My wife was actually like this. We met at a half marathon. We didn't actually end up running together in the race, but connected again later. I asked her time, and she said she hadn't really run a good race & had hoped to catch up to me. Well, they used to print out the detailed time results to this race, and when I looked at it, she had beaten me by 15 minutes. When I told her that, she kinda brushed it off. Then when she was collecting some stuff from her parents house, I came upon a box of trophies. Obviously a lot of trophies are garbage, but I looked at them. She was a league champion runner in High School (the trophy was for first place in the cross country league finals. She also had one for 3rd in the state tournament) & had actually won her age group (teen group, which is a fast group) in the biggest local 10K event. I was blown away. She again brushed it off and told me not to tell other people. She still doesn't like to talk about that stuff. She was also kinda mad that she came in 3rd in the state race. It still bothered her that she hadn't won it. So, it wasn't like she wasn't competitive.
Fantastic story! Just wondering if the timing was wrong--All American ceremonies are usually in the spring, aren't they? Walter Camp awards this year are in March. Maybe he was away in July for a preseason AA photo shoot?
ok ... now I feel bad ... like many football fans, I knew Boselli was fantastic - even his shoulder pads were amazing - but being a lifelong fan of Whoever Is Playing Against USC, I guess I always rooted against him ... it never occurred to me that he might be an Awesome Dude. Which, apparently, he is.
I feel the strangest need to inform people that technically, she was Miss California Teen USA. (Not the same thing). The Teen USA pageant she was in is floating around the internet somewhere. It was the 80s so it's old fashioned and weirdly innocent.
My wife was actually like this. We met at a half marathon. We didn't actually end up running together in the race, but connected again later. I asked her time, and she said she hadn't really run a good race & had hoped to catch up to me. Well, they used to print out the detailed time results to this race, and when I looked at it, she had beaten me by 15 minutes. When I told her that, she kinda brushed it off. Then when she was collecting some stuff from her parents house, I came upon a box of trophies. Obviously a lot of trophies are garbage, but I looked at them. She was a league champion runner in High School (the trophy was for first place in the cross country league finals. She also had one for 3rd in the state tournament) & had actually won her age group (teen group, which is a fast group) in the biggest local 10K event. I was blown away. She again brushed it off and told me not to tell other people. She still doesn't like to talk about that stuff. She was also kinda mad that she came in 3rd in the state race. It still bothered her that she hadn't won it. So, it wasn't like she wasn't competitive.
Fantastic story! Just wondering if the timing was wrong--All American ceremonies are usually in the spring, aren't they? Walter Camp awards this year are in March. Maybe he was away in July for a preseason AA photo shoot?
ok ... now I feel bad ... like many football fans, I knew Boselli was fantastic - even his shoulder pads were amazing - but being a lifelong fan of Whoever Is Playing Against USC, I guess I always rooted against him ... it never occurred to me that he might be an Awesome Dude. Which, apparently, he is.
Great story.
How long before the “Quick Hitters” reach 5,000 words? ;-)
Thanks for the laugh. What a cool guy.
I feel the strangest need to inform people that technically, she was Miss California Teen USA. (Not the same thing). The Teen USA pageant she was in is floating around the internet somewhere. It was the 80s so it's old fashioned and weirdly innocent.
Anyway, good for her.
I wonder if she knows he's been elected to the HOF now...
I didn't
This is a great, idea. I enjoyed this story. Twice!
Thanks!
Great story!!!