“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.” Prefontaine could not have said it any better, and many since have tried; yet failed. For that quote perfectly fits the raw beauty of running. It has acted as a proverb for […]
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” — Steve Prefontaine When you enter earth god blesses you with a gift of some sort. Everyone is blessed with some kind of gift; the challenge is finding what it is. Many people may search their whole life searching for what their special
“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.” – Steve Prefontaine The track at Marshfield High School was Steve Prefontaine’s canvas; his running was his artistic expression. Each race was a new painting, a new poem, a new song, and
“A lot of people run a race to see who is the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts…” -Pre I was born running. It was a natural occurrence for a farm kid, the runt of the litter with domineering older brothers. If I wanted to keep up, I was running. If
“Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.” Although I never had the opportunity of seeing Pre run when he was alive, I have seen many films, read many books, and heard many first-hand accounts of his awe inspiring presence
“Some people create with words or music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run.” – Steve Prefontaine I became a runner when I moved to Oregon. I’m not sure whether my family’s relocation to the Coos Bay/North Bend area, distance Mecca and hometown of Steve Prefontaine; or
