Archive For August 20, 2026
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.
Coming in as the previous champion, I was given race number, “W1” making me feel like I had a bullseye on my back. I remember the gun going off and the pace immediately heated up along with the air temperature.
“The thing I had to keep telling myself was that I could be bleeding from the eyes and I would not drop out.”