Super secrets
Secrets come in all kinds. Some are good, some are bad.
My boss is a runner. He ran a marathon last weekend. From previous conversations I gathered that at one point he had been a pretty good runner. I didn't find out how good until today. It came up in conversation, I don't know how. My boss wasn't around, but somebody said he had once been a great steeple chase runner. And by great I mean world class, Olympic level.
Very quickly on Google we were able to discern that he is still, 21 years later, the US record holder for the 2000m steeple chase with the 44th fastest time ever recorded in the history of the world. He still holds the NCAA 3000m steeple chase record. Insanity. Apparently he only missed the LA Olympics because of an injury.
It's amazing, my boss is a great guy, low key and unassuming. I don't know that he would have ever told us in regular conversation. Guess it just goes to show that greatness is all around, even where you least expect it, secrets be damned.
My boss is a runner. He ran a marathon last weekend. From previous conversations I gathered that at one point he had been a pretty good runner. I didn't find out how good until today. It came up in conversation, I don't know how. My boss wasn't around, but somebody said he had once been a great steeple chase runner. And by great I mean world class, Olympic level.
Very quickly on Google we were able to discern that he is still, 21 years later, the US record holder for the 2000m steeple chase with the 44th fastest time ever recorded in the history of the world. He still holds the NCAA 3000m steeple chase record. Insanity. Apparently he only missed the LA Olympics because of an injury.
It's amazing, my boss is a great guy, low key and unassuming. I don't know that he would have ever told us in regular conversation. Guess it just goes to show that greatness is all around, even where you least expect it, secrets be damned.
posted by Chris at 6:02 PM
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