In 1969 Steve Prefontaine was an 18-year-old high school phenomenon; six short years later he was gone. Yet in that brief span he became a legend. Why, more than three decades after he died, is "Pre" still the most recognized, most idolized name in American distance running? Jeff Johnson, who was in those days a young track and field photographer, shares his personal memories of Pre.
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