In Track City USA, we tend to expect athletic headlines—top performances that sustain the legendary status of those who train and race at Hayward Field. We glow in the radiance of achievements like those tallied by the UO’s women track teams this year. I bask in the energy of those successes even though it’s been 20 years since I stepped on a track as a competing athlete. Something inside billows up in resurgence of the urge to push my limits in an athletic challenge. It’s a