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Two greats and a girl |
Since I finished up court earlier than I was expecting I was able to catch up with Martin and Rich as they walked over to set up the class room and lecture hall in the college's new science center. The freshman, specifically the freshmen athletes, have to take a course known as First Year Experience ("Freshman Seminar" back in my day) which is basically a course introducing the students to the campus, faculty, and each other. Finding Ultra was required reading for them so several of the students turned out to meet Rich and ask him questions about his training and diet. A training partner of mine, Tim Ferguson, also came down from Charlotte to attend the lecture. Luckily, he too came early so we had a good 30 minutes to shoot the breeze with Rich before the students arrived to pepper him with questions. As he sat before me, a former alcoholic, an ultraman competitor, an EPIC5 finisher, a lawyer, former Stanford swimmer, and proponent of a plant based diet, my head filled with questions while I simultaneously realized he is just a regular guy. A regular guy who has had to overcome obstacles. I guy who has had to balance work, training, a growing family, and good health.
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Wait, where's the speedo? |
