Monday, March 21, 2005
Anomalous Merkin
Every once in a while a person comes along that defies the odds when it comes to speed. That is why records continue to be broken, of course. At a very young age I discovered that I was faster than all the other children my age. In races at school and at cub scout outings I noticed that every time we had a race for a prize I could beat everyone by quite a large margin.
All the way through high school I was the fastest kid in the school for my age. Here are some interesting facts that prove that I was an anomalous merkin. For starters, I went to five grade schools, five high schools and five unversities. At all those schools I was in the top 5 in speed for the 40 yard dash, 100 yard dash and up to the quarter mile.
Next I am of a wide mixof races and gene pools, they include Spanish, French Morrocan, Aztec, Apache, Swiss, and if you believe in the ice bridge theory, Asian. Nearly global stuff! Now that I have married ,our children have even more varied blood lines coursing through them. They both inherited the speed and have competed in college sports.
I was the anomaly, but from now on the kids should pass on the speed component to their progeny, I would expect. After going to all the different schools in the different geographic areas of the USA, I came to understand that there were fast people in all those areas, but I could beat them in a race, no matter the sprint distance. Except when I ran against black athletes who were as fast and in a couple of cases faster. At the top level of competition the winner usually had the best start, and that was the difference between those of us at the top of the speed food chain.
All the way through high school I was the fastest kid in the school for my age. Here are some interesting facts that prove that I was an anomalous merkin. For starters, I went to five grade schools, five high schools and five unversities. At all those schools I was in the top 5 in speed for the 40 yard dash, 100 yard dash and up to the quarter mile.
Next I am of a wide mixof races and gene pools, they include Spanish, French Morrocan, Aztec, Apache, Swiss, and if you believe in the ice bridge theory, Asian. Nearly global stuff! Now that I have married ,our children have even more varied blood lines coursing through them. They both inherited the speed and have competed in college sports.
I was the anomaly, but from now on the kids should pass on the speed component to their progeny, I would expect. After going to all the different schools in the different geographic areas of the USA, I came to understand that there were fast people in all those areas, but I could beat them in a race, no matter the sprint distance. Except when I ran against black athletes who were as fast and in a couple of cases faster. At the top level of competition the winner usually had the best start, and that was the difference between those of us at the top of the speed food chain.
# posted by Art @ 2:11 PM 
