My Son Jacob As The Champ In The 1 Mile Run

One of the things in my life, that has made me feel so proud is my son. He is very
smart in his own way being Autistic. When I was younger, besides playing baseball,
I was on the High School track team. I ran the 4x4 hurdles. I did OK, but I could of

been better, if I trained, rather then just go into a race by training. Well Jacob is
a chip off the old block. He became the youngest mile runner at his age group, from
middle school throughout Florida. Last Sunday, he was in a race in competition in

Columbia County, which is Lake City Florida at age 13, and ran the race in 4:38 seconds.
The previous record was 4:41  seconds. I am so proud of him, and I tell him to practice
at least 4x a week. Don't be like me, that didn't practice.

His Track coach is very impressed with his style of running. I taught him to never use up
all your energy when running. You have to pace yourself. Well he listen, because what he
does when he competes, he stays in 2 or 3 position, until the last quarter of the race.

He then pulls out into 2nd or third lane, depending on where he is positioned, and give all
that you have in the last quarter of the race. That was not a problem for him. Once he
pulls out, he fly's by the rest of the runners, and at the finish line, he is about 20 feet ahead.

Jacob will continue to improve, and when he gets into high school, he will be tauted very
highly in the county, where we live.   Jacob has a very bright future in running, and possibly
a higher calling.