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Fountain churns out world’s best - The Register-GuardJun 29th 2008, 3:46pm

Hoffa leads Big Three to Beijing - The Register-GuardJun 29th 2008, 3:42pm

Clement’s victory nails down key lane for final - The Register-GuardJun 29th 2008, 3:39pm

Track and field: A special kind of fan watches a special kind of athlete - The Register-GuardJun 29th 2008, 3:30pm

TO CATCH A CHEAT - The Register-GuardJun 29th 2008, 3:25pm

Track and field: A special kind of fan watches a special kind of athlete: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.Jun 29th 2008, 3:16pm

Track and field: A special kind of fan watches a special kind of athlete - The Register-Guard

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Mammone Jun 29th 2008, 3:30pm

6/29/09

The Hayward Field announcer at Saturday’s U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials had just announced that the temperature was above 90 degrees. As I started up the grandstands, I touched a metal handrail that might as well have been a curling iron. But I needed to ask a question of the guy at the top of Bleacher World’s answer to a sun-scorched Mount Everest.

Why? Why climb?

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