"...there was a “shoelace” tradition back then."

...he was only in his racing shoes and shorts. I thought this was a joke, and these guys weren’t serious racers at all.

"I couldn’t believe he said that after all the hard work I had put in this year."

“Man, this is the fastest 16 teams and individuals in Ohio...I’m in trouble.”

Steve always ran in the shadow of Brad because he would have been most team’s number one man.

The two sisters were moving on with their lives, but two things happened soon after that changed my mom’s life forever.

They all grinned and looked at each other and said, “Here they come.”

...we passed through the first mile just a few clicks under 5 minutes.

This was a course made for the mountain goat runners who could navigate all of this and still make it to the finish line in one piece.

“How did he run 16:10 on that course?!”

I watched in disbelief as a Bedford runner shoved one of our runners into the garbage can.

“Come on, man!” “Awwwww, man, gross!” “What’s wrong with you?!”

“Masters! Get over here!” Bellowed coach Albright. “Yeah?” “What did I tell you?” “Not to block the extra point in practice.” “And you...