![]() ![]() In addition to his school cross country team, Jeremy trains with the Los Gatos Track Club. “Because if you don’t actually want to do something, you won’t do well and you won’t be happy doing it either.” “We never pushed them into running or triathlons, we always wanted them to make their own decisions,” Peter Kain said. This is where Jeremy and his sister started running as early as age three. Jeremy’s achievement drew a crowd, including many friends from Kain Performance, the triathlon and multi-sport training team his parents run. ![]() Like the Los Gatos Weekly Times Facebook page for neighborhood news and conversation from Los Gatos and beyond. He is most inspired by his sister, Jessica, an All-American cross country runner going into her junior year at Scotts Valley High.Īlthough Jessica was at a leadership camp when Jeremy beat the record on July 13, he called her after the race, crying with joy. His mother was on the US national team for cycling and mountain biking and his father is a world champion in triathlons. (Courtesy of Ed Crane)Īlthough Jeremy said the secret to his most recent success was his accidental mismatching socks, he draws a lot of inspiration from his family - with good reason. “I just step back and let him do his thing.” Jeremy Kain poses between his parents, Peter, left, and Shari, after a race. “He’s the type of kid where when he says he is going to do something, he does it,” said his father, Peter Kain. ![]() “After I ran the 4:57, I knew I wanted to beat the record - I planted the seed in my mind and said I was going to beat it,” Jeremy said. After the race, his father told him that he was close to the age group time for a world record in the mile, previously held by Jonah Gorevic of New York at 4 minutes and 43 seconds. The race for the record started at a middle school meet on May 5, when Jeremy ran a 4-minute and 57-second mile. The record is unofficial because the mile is not measured by the metric system. Jeremy, a rising eighth-grader at Scotts Valley Middle School, recently beat the world record at the Los Gatos Track and Field All-Comer meet at Los Gatos High, clocking in at 4 minutes and 36.8 seconds, earning him second in the race and an unofficial world record for 12 year-olds. SCOTTS VALLEY - Jeremy Kain is fast, if running the fastest mile in the world out of all 12-year-olds is considered fast. ![]()
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