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I never imagined how much running would become a part of my life or how many doors it would open. At this point, I’m simply grateful for every mile I’ve been given, the people I’ve met along the way, and the fact that I’m still out there, even if I’m bringing up the rear these days with my poles and a unicorn costume!
The times and places fade, but the memories and friendships don’t. And to me, that’s the real gift of running
Welch shares behind-the-scenes memories of Nike’s raw, pre-IPO days: debating whether a shoe could ever sell for an astronomical $50 to house Frank Rudy’s air sole, working out of a makeshift broom closet at Athletics West alongside Bill Bowerman, and the cultural clash between freewheeling track purists and buttoned-up corporate management
I believe he was the podiatrist who kept all the runners off the sidewalks by telling us that concrete is nine times as hard as asphalt. Thanks, Doc, for saving my knees.
“I told myself I would never run another marathon again. “It was awful. I did the last two miles in about twenty minutes. I had blisters that covered half my foot. I couldn’t walk for a week.”
All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says. ― Haruki Murakami I ran by this house yesterday and faded vinyl siding spoke to me. “You call that running?” When inanimate objects make fun of you, the smart…
When the running camp at WSU was in its last week, someone came up with the idea of running a 24-hour relay. You know, that bit of madness where you have a ten-man team and you take turns running a mile. This goes on for 24 hours. Bill Scobey cemented his claim to the name Mad Dog.
So many to thank, all a story unto themselves. Like my dad for encouraging me to take a risk, quit my day job and go all in as a post-collegiate runner.
“Has he told you how I used to diaper him when he was little and he squirted me right in the eye?”
Original Gangster Of Running Lisa Larsen Weidenbach Rainsberger had a laudable, lucrative, lustrous career. Finished as the First Alternate at the USA Olympic Marathon Trials in 1984, and again in 1988 and again in 1992.
Yeah, really. Three consecutive times in a row.
Coach Chatman was beloved as coach and mentor of legions, who only last September concluded a 8,814-day (almost 24 years) streak of running at least one mile daily.