The following note was passed along to me by former Palo Alto HS coach, Jeff Billing:
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Dear friends - I wanted to share with you the obituary of a running legend who shaped my life in many many ways. Many of you know that Kelley lived a mile down the road from my parent's home in Mystic, that his home is the starting place of the January 1st tradition of running & jumping in the ocean I've done every year since I was 12, and that the road race I run the first Saturday of every August is named after him. Him and his wife Jessie were like grandparents to me. I thought you might find meaning in the words written by my uncle Amby. May we all live as long and as meaningful a life as John J Kelley.
I hope you are all well,
Jeff
Dear friends - I wanted to share with you the obituary of a running legend who shaped my life in many many ways. Many of you know that Kelley lived a mile down the road from my parent's home in Mystic, that his home is the starting place of the January 1st tradition of running & jumping in the ocean I've done every year since I was 12, and that the road race I run the first Saturday of every August is named after him. Him and his wife Jessie were like grandparents to me. I thought you might find meaning in the words written by my uncle Amby. May we all live as long and as meaningful a life as John J Kelley.
I hope you are all well,
Jeff
1 comment:
Living a life like Young John's is living in a quality manner. We should all follow his trail.
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