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Do people tell you you are crazy...

Unread postby JTred » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:37 pm

...for pole vaulting? I get that reaction every time someone new finds out im a vaulter. I take it as a compliment.

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Unread postby distancejumper » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:11 pm

the only person that says that is my Vault coach. HE says to pole-vault, you have to be crazy

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Unread postby souleman » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:58 pm

Then at 53 and not doing it for 25 years I must be f@%(^*(no wait a minute, family show here), I must be nuts! You know what they say....if the shoe fits......... later..............Mike

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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:36 pm

Yes.
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Unread postby vaulter870 » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:42 am

we are all crazy when you put it in to perspective who would want to take a sticka dn try and fling them selves over a really high bar. not a sane person
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Unread postby Mecham » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:03 am

Everytime i see someone that would be good at vaulting (body type, etc.) i ask them if they would try it. They say i am too crazy to do anything like that. I think its wicked awesome
Just you wait...

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Unread postby Scott Go Pre » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:22 am

Well, I got told that I was crazy before and after I started pole vaulting. So I'm kind of used to it now. :P
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Unread postby CrossBarHOpper » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:28 pm

My mom says I am the craziest person that shes ever meet not even for polevaulting
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Unread postby VaulteRachello » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:26 pm

when people say im crazy, i take it as a compliment. rather be crazy than boring! ;)

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Unread postby CHC04Vault » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:37 pm

Yeah, i'd rather be crazy than normal...normal people scare me. They just sit there...like there gonna plan something, u can't trust them.
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Unread postby meg15078 » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:52 am

Even if it is crazy you gotta live a little

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Unread postby izzystikchik » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:52 pm

Yeah i get that "You're Crazy!" stuff, but then the question that always follows is "Aren't you scared?", and i'm like no not really...and they go on and say "whats it like to fall? Is it fun", well since i'm only a 10+ vaulter i don't fall as far as the elites, so i'm like "no i don't really remember what it feels like" and they are like "oh.."... :P


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