Remember what Steve said after the Fantasy Camp in March? “Keep in touch.” So, I did...perhaps a little more than he expected. My telephone greetings (persistence) went from “Hey Steve, this is Todd Whiting” to “Hey Steve, this is Todd” to “ Hey Steve....Hey Todd” in a matter of weeks. And finally, they scheduled a Skeleton Push Camp for August and I was invited back....perhaps just so I would stop calling.
Not knowing exactly what to expect, I made the 5 hour drive back to Lake Placid for the 4 day weekend. I walked into the brief orientation, looked around at my fellow campers and made a few observations. 1) They were all about 5 inches shorter than me, 2) I’m guessing they were all 30-40 lbs lighter than me, and 3) again guessing at this point, but they were all 3-10 years younger than me. My internal response to these observations was “What the hell am I doing here?”
Steve and Orvie were back to run the camp and asked us to fill out a form...typical stuff like name, age, height weight and then came “Please detail your Athlete Resume.” Do you all remember from previous posts my athlete resume? Correct, I DON’T HAVE ONE. As I look around and see the others listing athletic accomplishment after accomplishment, I get up with my blank resume and hand it to Steve and Orvie. They give me an understandable chuckle...I give them a knowing smile and I sit back down. My internal response: “What the hell am I doing here?”
Not knowing exactly what to expect, I made the 5 hour drive back to Lake Placid for the 4 day weekend. I walked into the brief orientation, looked around at my fellow campers and made a few observations. 1) They were all about 5 inches shorter than me, 2) I’m guessing they were all 30-40 lbs lighter than me, and 3) again guessing at this point, but they were all 3-10 years younger than me. My internal response to these observations was “What the hell am I doing here?”
Steve and Orvie were back to run the camp and asked us to fill out a form...typical stuff like name, age, height weight and then came “Please detail your Athlete Resume.” Do you all remember from previous posts my athlete resume? Correct, I DON’T HAVE ONE. As I look around and see the others listing athletic accomplishment after accomplishment, I get up with my blank resume and hand it to Steve and Orvie. They give me an understandable chuckle...I give them a knowing smile and I sit back down. My internal response: “What the hell am I doing here?”
(Pictures above are of the track and track walk in August)
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I distinctly remember the following athletic accomplishments by Todd:
1. At the age of 4, second place in the Family Camp three-legged race.
2. At the age of 7, first place in the standing long jump for second graders at La Canada Elementary.
3. Co-MVP of the annual 7th grade winter basketball game at La Canada High School. Yeah, I was the head coach and entire selection committee.
4. 16th place in his age bracket in the LCF Memorial Day Fun Run.
5. League MVP and All-CIF his senior year, LCHS Varsity Basketball. Wait, nevermind. That was me.
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