“To give anything less than you best is to sacrifice the gift.” These words, spoken by Steve Prefontaine, summed up who he was and how he raced. In every competition, he would give it everything he had to make sure he ran his absolute best. This athlete shattered every american distance running record, starting in high school, and became a household name. His untimely death at the age of 24 shocked the world and, over 40 years later, people still view him as one of the best distance runners of all time. Steve Prefontaine was born in the blue-collar town of …
