Archive For July 30, 2025
Still get a kick out of seeing my name in print, in any periodical – English or otherwise – that ain’t the police blotter. Or the obits.
I turn the radio off as we pull into the Woodburn Drag Strip, feeling like a 98-pound weakling at a body-building contest. I park next to a chopped and channeled ’50 black Merc with a bumper sticker that reads: “Concerned About My Driving? Call 1-800-WHO-Cares?”
‘Steve Prefontaine had nothing to do with the design of the Pre Montreal.’
He came into my life when I was 15 years old and molded me into a competitor. He came back into my life when I was 46, divorced, lost and broken. He reminded me that I had a champion’s heart and to never quit. Here’s to you Coach Noe De Leon! The teams are ready…
The content reflects on the 2025 Prefontaine Classic, highlighting performances by Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon, who broke world records in the 5000m and 1500m respectively. The piece expresses disappointment over the lack of recognition for Steve Prefontaine, despite celebrating the event’s 50th anniversary. Nostalgia for the old Hayward Field is also evident.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela Imagine you only believe what you already think you know. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT. Imagine you only hear from others what you have…
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer Truth is not defined by repetition nor volume. Truth is not defined by power. Truth is freedom, the freedom to recognize reality. …
In many ways, he was Steve Prefontaine before Pre and Bill Bowerman after Bowerman, and his own man throughout his time in Eugene. – Doug Binder, Dyestat