If you are like me, you might ask yourself, “Who is Steve Prefontaine, and what is he famous for?” Or you might be like my husband who exclaimed gleefully, “Oh, you’re writing about Steve Prefontaine,” when he saw these Steve Prefontaine quotes on the computer.
The difference is my husband is a runner who ran cross-country in high school, while I was a swimmer who despised running. It doesn’t surprise me he is a fan of someone who has been called the greatest American distance runner in history.
When he was in junior high, Prefontaine was on the football team but didn’t get to play because he was so small. Then one day he saw some high school kids practicing on the track.
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