A Great Runner “Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative." Steve Prefontaine It was 1975, and track & field was in the midst of its …showed first 75 words of 720 total…

…showed last 75 words of 720 total…he on the other hand always found a way to get back at them. He used his fame has a runner, and his popularity in the sport to defy the AAU. Steve Prefontaine challenged the AAU by organizing a track meet without the sanction of the governing body. Pre's challenge resulted in the AAU's "backing down" and sanctioning the meet rather than attempting to ban Pre and the other potential Olympians he recruited to participate (8).