Anchor Leg
Relays, working sick and the blue collar blues
You gotta run, Hank. We need you. My 19-year-old heart sank. I was a college student at Stony Brook, it was our conference championship in track and field, I was anchor leg on the 4x800 meter relay, and I was sick as a dog.
I had the full monty: runny nose, fever, cough. I had no business being there, let alone running …