Columbia, Missouri, my uncle Tim was the youngest to compete. He’d turned seven just a few weeks before the race. It took him seven hours to finish. Runner’s World thought it was a great story and published it in their November 1970 issue, which hung proudly on the wall of the church office next to the Time profile.
Weird how they always managed to get spots in major publications even ahead if the picketing. Could be a plan? Could be some just seek attention more - and find it, good or ill.
