Bouncing back. That, by definition, is what resiliency is all about. So when Al Strait, 21st Space Wing director of staff, didn’t meet the cutoff time at mile 30 during the 2012 Squaw Peak 50-mile run, he knew he would be back to tackle it again.
And tackle it he did. On June 6 the 62-year-old Strait completed the grueling mountainous run in 16:22:28, a great demonstration of a trait – resiliency- he regards highly.
“I had a horrible, horrible first 5 miles in 2012,” Strait said, “Not this year.”
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