Upload a Photo Upload a Video Add a News article Write a Blog Add a Comment
Blog Feed News Feed Video Feed All Feeds

Folders

 

 

Why Pre Still Matters - Runner's World

Published by
DyeStatPRO.com   Mar 26th 2013, 2:50pm
Comments

Why Pre Still MattersHe wasn't always the fastest nor the most decorated.
So why is Steve Prefontaine still the most influential American runner ever?

By Michael Heald
Published March 22, 2013


The grandstand at Marshfield High School is nearly empty, but it seems like everyone in Coos Bay, Oregon, is on the track. People are crossing the finish line in every way possible—the buzz-cut high school kids out in front, the stoic folks wearing earbuds, the willowy 9-year-olds accompanied by red-faced parents. Old-timers limp around the turn to huge applause. A handful of people propel themselves toward the finish line, unashamed of the spittle hanging from their lips and of their gasps and of having run themselves ugly. And then there's me up in the grandstand in my jeans and my Chuck Taylors and my different kind of ugliness.



Read the full article at: www.runnersworld.com

More news

History for DyeStatPRO.com
YearVideosNewsPhotosBlogs
2024 5 1    
2023 17 1    
2022 17 1    
Show 46 more
 
+PLUS highlights
+PLUS coverage
Live Events
Get +PLUS!