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March 11, 2009October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The First Dude in His Element

Todd Palin competes in the Tesoro Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile snowmobile race across Alaska. 

Sports Illustrated
Edited by Chris Hunt.

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August 1, 2008May 27, 2021 by Bill Donahue

Wonder Boy

At the age of four, slum kid Budhia Singh ran 40 miles without stopping in the blistering heat of his native India. Then, afterwards, his childhood only grew stranger.

Runner’s World
Edited by Peter Flax. Photo by J. Carrier.
Republished in Going Long: The Best Stories from Runner’s World.

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September 17, 2006January 9, 2019 by Bill Donahue

The Wheels of Life

Facing down my demons on an excruciatingly tough bike ride through the green hills of Dominica, a tiny island nation in the Caribbean. 

The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell

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February 1, 2002October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

End of the Run

Skier Bill Johnson won the gold medal in the downhill in the 1984 Olympics. Then in 1999, when he was 39 years old and ravaged by years of hard drinking, he tried to make a comeback. He crashed, incurring permanent brain damage. 

Outside
Edited by Laura Hohnhold. Photo by Michael Lewis.

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September 19, 1994October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Old Ball Game

My great-great-uncle, Tim Donahue, played catcher for the major league Chicago Colts in the 1890s. When he came to bat once in 1899, according to the Chicago Tribune, “It appeared as though the select party on top of a neighboring building would jump off in excess of delight.” Edited by Bob Hicks.

The Oregonian
Edited by Bob Hicks.

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September 10, 1989October 9, 2017 by Bill Donahue

Bounding Ambition

In 1974, in the waning days of the Nixon administration, I attempted to become the pogo stick jumping champion of the world. 

Northwest Magazine
Edited by Barry Johnson.


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