Hector Arana always lectured his four kids from birth on the values of dedication and persistence. On Sunday in Pomona, Ca, he validated his lessons.
“I always told them that if you believe in something, you don’t give up and keep working,” Arana said. “When things were harder, I just worked even harder. My determination was even more. Quitting was never anything I considered.”
Arana has four children, and he remembered in his early years of non-competitive, sporadic participation, how they used to follow his performance.
“My kids were growing up and when I’d get home, they’d run up to me and ask, ‘Dad did you win the race?”