Archive for April 12, 2005

Pre’s ghost makes guest appearance at masters nationals

Actually, it’s just a story. But a great human-interest one. The late Steve Prefontaine is a heroic icon to many runners. One is Jay Kimicekic, an exercise professor at Miami University in Ohio. Jay entered the 2003 Eugene masters nationals partly as an homage to Pre. Check out Jay’s moving tale.

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The ghost of Pre and me: Jay Kimiecik and Eugene 2003

Posted April 12, 2005 Jay Kimiecik is a world-class exercise guru, university professor and radio show host with lots of publications to his name. But when the starting gun sounded for Heat 1 of the M45 1500 prelims at the 2003 Eugene nationals, Jay was just another middle-aged runner hoping for a place in the […]

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