totally off topic... but if you ever want to look at role models for smaller people, look at coxswains at any rowing club or local rowing team. They are the smallest ones usually - and the "brains" of the boat, so to speak. And I known some lightweight rowers kick the heavyweights down the course
The best coxswains by far that I ever had - one was an MIT coxswain who was a runner (ah, I still miss her!) and the other was a well known coxswain (I think in his 40s or 50s who had been coxing for seemingly forever - basically he was better than many of my coaches - we would be so excited when he showed up to cox because it was like having a dedicated coach for a practice). Those two were the most precise folks ever - not just in steering some of the most challenging race courses but in figuring out how a boat of diverse talents and personalities could work together to the point that the boat was faster with them than any other coxswain.
