Amelia Boone's bravery, 5 more races for slower-pace runners

Several years ago, I lived in a different part of my hometown of Atlanta. The neighborhood where I lived back then had a huge park where I ran all the time, and a single loop around was almost two miles, which made it a great place to get in my medium-distance runs on weekdays.

When you ran regularly there, in a way you got to “know” the people who also …