Running helped Zamperini foster the resilience he needed to endure captivity during WWII.
By Laura Hillenbrand, Runner's World
It was the spring of 1944, the height of World War II. In a Japanese torture camp, a captured American stood, ravaged by illness and shockingly emaciated, surrounded...
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Forty years ago, a California teenager ran a race that shocked the world. It seemed important at the time. It's even more important now.
By Steve Friedman, Runner's World
They are sitting together at a round oak table in a sun-soaked living room on a mountain ridge in Ukiah, California,...
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Leo Manzano's organization donated $7500
By Calily Bien, KXAN
AUSTIN, Texas - Leo Manzano, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the men's 1500 meters, gave the Austin Police Department's Blue Santa program an early Christmas gift on Thursday.
Manzano said the media attention swirling around...
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Lightning does strike twice. Just ask Morgan Uceny. But after a run of bad luck, the U.S. middle-distance ace is back on her feet, living in England and has her eyes firmly on the podium… and her opponents.
By Spikes Magazine
Luck. It’s either with you, or it’s not. And if luck has eluded any...
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