They took half the time to recover between races and were soon breaking personal bests and edging toward world records. On the heels of the Yale success, Stough moved to South Lake Tahoe to train runners preparing for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Same therapy, same success. A decathlete went out to the track and broke his previous record. Another broke his lifetime record. A runner named Rick Sloan broke his two life records for three events.

