It's Not Just How Fast You Move Your Legs

May, 2006

Lessons from Bill Bowerman, the greatest track coach who ever livedAt 17 years and six months of age I went off to the University of Oregon, 100 miles and a world away from the only home I knew.With 6,000 students, the school was the largest in the state. It was located in the middle of the Willamette Valley, a setting of tall trees, clean air and old buildings.I arrived a few days before school started, to work out with the crosscountry team. I was a walk-on for a team whose members included th...

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