Are you a Middle Child?

15% of the recruits we talked to are somewhere in the middle, not the first born, but not the baby. Middle born kids tend to be flexible, diplomatic, rebellious, attention seeking, competitive, peacemakers. Here are a few famous middle kids.

Oprah is a First Born

So the results are in. . . well partially. We polled some of our 2010 recruits, and one of the questions was about their birth order, whether they are the oldest, youngest, middle, twin, etc. The results are interesting.

47% of those polled are the oldest child. The oldest child in the family tends to sway in one of two ways:
1. Compliant: People pleasers, reliable, conscientious, team players, nurturers, craving approval

Or

2. Aggressive: Movers & Shakers, leaders, perfectionist, driven, conventional, assertive, want things done their way

What the two types have in common are energetic, logical, ambitious, enterprising, scholarly.

Over half of the US Presidents are first borns, and 2/3 of entrepreneurs are first borns. 21 of the 23 first astronauts were first borns

If you are a first born, do either or these describe you???

High Performance Distance Academy

a.k.a. Blacksburg Running Camp

I'm (Julie)speaking tonight at camp about Summer Training, and I can't wait to hang out with some high school xc runners again. Should be fun:)