I will forever miss my friend David Brenda, pictured here at the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials in June just a few weeks before he died. I've know David for close to 20 years. He had a remarkable spirit.
On this day, we sat with Bill Brand and Bill Odegaard atop Hayward field and were part of a new attendance record of over 20,000 fans. We all took a break from the meet and walked up to the Agate Street Ally with Diana Ikoff and Chase, David's son. David was in rare form. I will miss him.
This video below features Amy Begley qualifying in the 10K. The day after the meet I was listening to NPR and heard a report covering Amy's race at the Olympic Trials. I remember taking pictures and video during the race, so I put it all together and made this short clip. You can see there was a big group of Amy Begeley fans sitting about 5 rows ahead of us. It was an exciting race. The last two pictures shown were borrowed from news media.