Inspiring words from professional steeplechaser Ann Gaffigan
Posted May 12th, 2007 at 1:00 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results
The following post is written by professional steeplechaser Ann Gaffigan, who blogs about her athletic career at Steeplechics.com. Gaffigan’s post is titled “No News Isn’t Always Good News.” Gaffigan took the track and field world by storm in 2004 when she became the US steeplchase champion in a personal best time of 9:39. Below she reflects on her most recent race at the Drake Relays.
They say no news is good news, but I beg to differ. I would give anything for some news right now to send me in some kind of direction: Your iron is low, you need to take more iron. You have mono. You have some other virus. You are overtrained. You are overstressed. It’s all in your head, snap out of it.
But in reality it could be any of these or something new and cool that I don’t even know about. Except for the iron, which has been tested and is fine, and mono, which you can only get once and I’ve already had. But something is definitely wrong. I hope. I hope I don’t just all of a sudden suck at the thing I used to be best at. Hopefully I am not just doomed to be a 10:42 steeplechaser and that’s it. Where’s the meaning in that?
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“Steeplechic” ANN GAFFIGAN
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I get the chills every time that I read this. Ann is a true inspiration!
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