An Honorable Run

What is the name of the coach who changed your life? As a young runner, Ihad two.Single-minded, driven to escape small town Iowa, I ran to win. Neversatisfied, I once threw our high school team's second place medals into amuddy cornfield.My Iowa high school track coach, Bob Brown, dreamed of owning a Harley, butthe only bike he rode was a beat-up blue Schwinn, pedaling alongside hisathletes. Hugs were his trademark coaching tool.My college coach, the University of Colorado's Mark Wetmore, built championrunners on Magnolia, a mountainous dirt road where he tested their will tobe the best. He had run every day for thirty years, and accepted fewwalk-ons, like me, into his storied program.I barely had time to say goodbye before I left Coach Brown to chase my dreamof earning a coveted spot on Coach Wetmore's team. *An HonorableRun*chronicles the life-altering lessons I learned during my journey.It answersthe question I had always taken for granted: *What is really important?*