it might sound cliche, but you never know when your time is up. when still alive you ask, - who decides on when, where and how you die. it feels unfair that such a young, promising, and full of life athlete gets killed by some jerk, jackass in his truck. it makes me mad and want to scream on top of my lungs.
i've never heard of Sally before reading an article on competitor, thus i started reading all the posts on her blog. the first thing that struck me was that the last entry was dated 6 March, two days before the accident. the second thing that caught my immediate attention was this girl was so positive towards life, had so much love and passion towards sport especially running, her family, friends and Arizona.
From her blog, entry dated Saturday, January 15, 2011
24 hours from now I'll be a little under an hour into the PF Changs Rock n Roll Arizona Marathon. My runs the past few days have felt like adrenaline was pumping through my body as if it were race morning; I'm EXCITED!!!...probably more excited for this race than any race I've ever done (except maybe some state championship races in HS).
(...) My family and the people in my life from Arizona have given me so much. My family did so much for me but the biggest thing they did was support me through anything. I made my own decision as a 15 year old to transfer high schools (spurring a huge controversy yet held my head high and everything worked out), worked my butt off taking all honors and AP classes, worked a job and won 9 individual, 1 relay and 3 team state championships while at Mountain Pointe High School. Of course there will always be the "haters", (aka my motivators, hehe;) ) but I love my family, friends and fans so incredibly much!!
i admire people devoted to what they love. never looking back (having their doubts as any human being) and being able to steer their life on the course they have chosen. My next race i.e. Xterra in Black Canyon i will run for Sally and all those that gave/lost their life for what they believed in. Pat Tillman and Sally Meyerhoff R.I.P.
i've never heard of Sally before reading an article on competitor, thus i started reading all the posts on her blog. the first thing that struck me was that the last entry was dated 6 March, two days before the accident. the second thing that caught my immediate attention was this girl was so positive towards life, had so much love and passion towards sport especially running, her family, friends and Arizona.
From her blog, entry dated Saturday, January 15, 2011
24 hours from now I'll be a little under an hour into the PF Changs Rock n Roll Arizona Marathon. My runs the past few days have felt like adrenaline was pumping through my body as if it were race morning; I'm EXCITED!!!...probably more excited for this race than any race I've ever done (except maybe some state championship races in HS).
(...) My family and the people in my life from Arizona have given me so much. My family did so much for me but the biggest thing they did was support me through anything. I made my own decision as a 15 year old to transfer high schools (spurring a huge controversy yet held my head high and everything worked out), worked my butt off taking all honors and AP classes, worked a job and won 9 individual, 1 relay and 3 team state championships while at Mountain Pointe High School. Of course there will always be the "haters", (aka my motivators, hehe;) ) but I love my family, friends and fans so incredibly much!!
i admire people devoted to what they love. never looking back (having their doubts as any human being) and being able to steer their life on the course they have chosen. My next race i.e. Xterra in Black Canyon i will run for Sally and all those that gave/lost their life for what they believed in. Pat Tillman and Sally Meyerhoff R.I.P.
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