Why I Dont Hate Regina

well, i almost threw up on her after i won a race at the piedmont distance carnival in oakland. i didn't even know it was her, until my dad told me (i was dis-oriented). but hey, she gave me a t-shirt for winning, and a signed picture. my teammates and friends wanted signed pics too, but she didn't have extras, so she wrote down their names and addresses, and 4 or 5 days later, they all got a personal letter and signed picture of her. i thought that was pretty cool. of course, i was too dumb to know about drugs in the sport back in HS.

How did u almost throw up on her? What happen

I don't hate, I just really dislike.

Regarding Alfalfa's post...Regina was always extremely kind and patient and gracious with high school runners, moreso than just about any other elite athlete. I have to give her credit. But...drugs are drugs.

Interesting.

I agree with the part about rooting for her vs. SFH. I have nothing against SFH, but I too, thought Regina was denigrated due to her color and SFH got a lot of attention from the white "mainstream" (what mainstream there is in T&F fans) due to her California blond good looks. I used to say, hey, Regina is beautiful too, just different.

(Guess she's a lot different, who knows.)

you're confused. regina wasn't denigrated cause of her race (she was cause it was obvious she was a druggie), but rather suzy was adored cause of her good looks. good looking babes sell. not saying that's the way the world should be, but it would be mighty hard to change.

"What I'm saying is, in retrospect it seems as if she acted as if she knew what she was doing was wrong. Were we deceived? Yes. But at least she didn't act like she was having a ball while doing it."

-Seems there are plenty of people who work at jobs they don't particularly enjoy, but they also don't lie, cheat, steal, and defraud their customers while their at it.

Yeah, you're loopy. Are you from California? You sound like you're loopy from California. Most of the time, that's a good thing.

i had won the 1600, the 8th race of 10. [it was a slow race, i mean, i only ran like a 4:45? at the time, it was my HS PR--pathetic, i know. but hey, i can run well under that now!]

well, i was running and as i came around the last turn, i passed someone that i had never beaten before. my whole body was burning up inside--i'll never forget it. i hit the homestretch in the lead, and held it all the way through. when i crossed the line, she was there--all i could tell was that it was a person, i had no idea WHO. so i'm standin there, hands on knees, and wanting to throw up, but forcing myself not to. i didn't want to puke on someone who was helping out; just some innocent bystander. well, the person handed me a t-shirt and a card, and later, my dad told me it was RJ. i was pretty stoked. overall, it was a good day. my family has been cheering for her since then. but now...well, i'm just kind of disapointed.

in RJ's defense though, she might have taken the drugs, but the point is, she still had to practice and race. so it's not like she took a drug, sat around all day, and came up to race. but hey, it still sucks.

alfalfa wrote:

... i was pretty stoked. overall, it was a good day. my family has been cheering for her since then. but now...well, i'm just kind of disapointed.

... it still sucks.

Read this and weep, Regina.