Winning an athletic scholarship was never a goal of mine, nor did I grow up thinking I was going to someday be a pro athlete or an Olympian. Life took a bunch of twists that landed me here where I am today - same as athletes who wash out for whatever reason - but I have very few (non-government-related) complaints about the life I ended up with just because it's not the life I'd *planned* to have.
If you really could run a 4.3-4.4 at age 17, you wouldn't have had to worry about thinking that.....people would have done the thinking for you.
You don't put up a 40 time that beats some of the fastest humans in HISTORY and end up filming she-beasts. I don't think you realize how fast a 4.3 is. You would have literally been one of the fastest humans ALIVE.
You're talking about ~48s in the 400m or sub 23s in the 200m like they correlate to a legit 4.3 in the 40??
...Like a 4.3 is just a "good" time for a high school kid! lol
A 4.3 in the 40 isn't a "good" time that "guys with high-level raw talent who never reached high levels of sporting competition" put up every day at high schools around the nation.
A LEGIT 4.3 in the 40 isn't a "good" time. It isn't even a "good" Olympic sprinter time.
A legit 4.3 puts you amongst the fastest fucking humans who have ever walked the earth.
There aren't a handful of Usain Bolts, Michael Johnsons, Carl Lewis or Ben Johnsons at every local high school.
You said you were a "sprinter." Do you realize what happens when someone puts up an "Olympic talent" type time in a track and field event?
You don't have to worry about just "slipping through the cracks" and missing out on bigger things.
The first meet after the kid I talked about ran a 46 was fucking flooded with scouts and reporters there to find out about the kid who put up a "Olympic hopeful" time.
Why can't you realize what you're saying with your bullshit? You're making me waste half my Thursday for fucks sake.
