The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

so quickly the runner behind him nearly bumped into him.

“Watch it!” the boy snapped, swerving past.

Marcus stood there, chest heaving.

Madison was on the ground.

A volunteer medic rushed from a small checkpoint table twenty yards away.

He was young, maybe in his twenties, with a radio clipped to his vest and fear all over his face.

“Runner down,” he said continue reading …