Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
Few remember Prefontaine, but the system he fought hadn't waned a bit during Rebecca's time.
A bit of a local legend here. But, his death was while I was still in gradeschool, and I don't remember it.
A number of our bike and jogging trails are named after him. Ok, I suppose primarily jogging trails.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre%27s_Trail
Apparently he did battle with accepting non monetary gifts as an amateur.
Nonetheless, I wonder if some of the issues were different, and I can't imagine him being forced to run in shoes that he didn't like, or Nike providing him with bad shoes.