[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Russ: Serious question, do you ever look back and wonder “what if?”.

I had two scholarships to Div I schools, until I punched a cop at a party and wound up in the Army. I think “what if?” fairly regularly. For all my “good” upbringing, I still did something colossally stupid and wonder how things would’ve turned out if I could have just controlled my temper.[/quote]

I did sometimes but not much .
I was a strong pitcher at about 5-6 110 pounds and grew to be 6-5″ -190ish so , sometimes I do wonder. I got in the fastest pitcher in the West contest not even dabbling in baseball , just qualified one year at Jack Murphy…didn’t go too far though, off flat ground, no mound. Lots of guys can throw in the 90’s and don’t get far though. Nothing to lose sleep over except I wished my whole entire childhood was better! I did lose sleep for a while over being in somewhere near 4 min mile pace shape, but choked in my only race and got hurt after that and quit. That was as a young adult. Like I said , I had a hard time letting my talents mean anything good and sticking with them.

Are you trying for any old man glory? I am shooting for a 5 minute mile without going apeshit with training. Just for the hell of it. I like running. Working on my 400 repeats now. I am really fit for an over 50 basketball league but family logistics with that are not ideal. Last year some guy tried to steer me onto a 50+ rowing club after he watched this huge old man run 3 miles under 18 minutes. I would have been good at rowing. What they do is a lot like running the mile aerobically. I think I’ll do something else after making this mile or giving the goal up. It’s been good for my kids, watching my wife and I team up for a short triathlon was inspiring , I can tell. She swam and I biked and did the 3 mile run.