How A Small-Time Training Group And An Army Program Changed American Distance Running
by Sarah Barker from on (#31FDS)
Warmed up and stripped down, 15 blade-thin runners milled on the track, game-faced, gathering themselves. A few words between them, Swahili and English-"20 seconds ... 10 ""-and the amorphous group coalesced into a single-file line, shuffling. Scott Simmons had not finished saying, "Go!" when the first in line clicked"