Steve Prefontaine: Obstacles To Success

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Everybody of us have wanted be the better in our favorite activity and feel proud of it, unfortunately always there are obstacles to achieve our dreams or goals. This is the history of Steve Prefontaine, an American runner born in Coos Bay, Oregon.

First of all Steve was a rebel runner, he always wanted to run on first of the group in every race, did not matter if he finishes in second place he always wanted be the leader in every race that he competed. When Steve was 18 years old, he dreamed with train in the Oregon's university and obtain a scholarship was the only way of achieve it. On any given day, Oregon's coach visits to Steve Prefontaine and to try of convince to Steve of run for the Oregon's university and, consequently

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