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“Coach?””Yes, Diana?””Thank you for everything.” Chapter 31 SECRETARIAT Diana Bailey ran with the courage that owning a berth on the Olympic team allows. The Trials schedule mirrored the Olympic format as closely as possible. A 10,000/5,000 double was difficult for men – and nearly impossible for women. A woman aspiring to race both…
Tour de France bicycle riders have an unspoken tradition. If the race leader falls, slips a chain, or has a flat, the field slows until he either catches back up or retires. No such tradition exists in track. A fall is simply an opportunity for others. Chapter 30 JEREMY’S RACE Harold Bond pulled away…
Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom. – Jack Lalanne “…And after a long time the boy came back again. “I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but I have nothing left to give you- My apples are gone.” “My teeth are too weak for apples,” said the boy….
“These events aren’t for the mentally fragile. When you have twelve fit and courageous young people willing to run themselves to collapse, only three can be completely successful. The other nine leave with doubts about whether it was worth the pain and effort. Despite their disappointment today, four years from now, many of them will…
When you’re in those final laps,” Animas said, “and it begins to hurt, just remember where you come from.” Chapter Twenty-Five KNOXVILLE Harry Beckwith shuffled the mile to Joe Black Stadium at five-thirty a.m. The tepid Tennessee humidity covered him like a wet sheet and he wondered how the 10,000-meter runners would fare in…
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Oh, I love this badminton right here, this is a great rally right here between China and the U.S. right here. As you see it don’t stop till the casket drop—they rockin’ and rollin’, back and forth, gimme that, no I need that, nope: over here, nope: over there, what about over there?, nope!, what about there?,…
By the time a boy was six-years-old, he knew the first tradition without being schooled: women were sacred. Harsh treatment of any girl or woman, verbal or physical, was simply never seen. The wishes of one’s mother or wife were humbly met; the needs of an elderly woman were holy edicts. Chapter Twenty-Two KIVATO IN…
“You can’t outrun a dog. A dog is going to chase you forever.” – Quincy Hall Raven Saunders: They Are Their Own Individual Well, that’s different, you might say, but then so are they – Raven Saunders. She contains multitudes and represents many. Like Simone Biles, Saunders has been public about their struggles to maintain…
“The 1500m – what to say? … Jakob Ingebrigtsen has to go for 3:26 to burn-off Josh Kerr. And Jakob is the man to do it. Still America has three fine runners looking to medal and understand the dynamic. Prediction: Ingebritson, Naguse, Kerr, ….Hocker,, Kessler (!!)” – Anthony Bastain, Track Prognosticator. That kind of day when…