“I was really interested in the Becky Wades of the world,” she said.īy the time she returned to her native Texas in July 2013, Wade had covered 3,504 miles and gone through 11 pairs of running shoes. The Olympics were near the beginning of a year Wade spent abroad exploring running cultures about the planet, an adventure that took her to more than 20 countries. “What I really took away from it was the diversity of the athletes who made it to the Olympics,” Wade said recalling that day in London. LOS ANGELES – Running is the most democratic of athletic endeavors, its primitive simplicity forming an inclusiveness that crosses cultures, economics, and geography creating a truly global sport.īecky Wade, a promising American distance runner, was reminded of this as she chased the Olympic Games women’s marathon across on a wet August day nearly three years ago.
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