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Before my senior year of high school and during that winter between seasons (we didn't have an indoor track program), I ran a couple local road races in upstate NY where I got absolutely smoked by some home-schooled kid named Josh McDougal. He would go on to become one of the great NCAA runners of recent history, and then his career was derailed by some mystery injury. After 5+ years of being on the sidelines, Josh returned to racing over the weekend. He started a blog that has details like you would find on FRB... the kind of stuff you typically don't see from a guy who has run 13:20 for 5K. Hopefully he keeps posting as his comeback continues.


2001 Old Chatham 5K. Josh (blue) is ahead of me (yellow)... he beat me (RESULTS), but I beat Bill Rodgers.

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From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 18:16:23 from 67.137.182.131

Good stuff Jake. Thanks! Josh went to Liberty University of all places or am I remembering wrong?

From Jake K on Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 19:12:03 from 98.202.128.218

Yes, Liberty - the only school that makes BYU seem like University of Cancun during spring break :-)

They had a couple really good years with standout individual runners - first w/ Josh, then w/ Sam Chelanga.

From kevin212 on Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 20:25:12 from 96.43.246.18

I remember Josh and his brother showed up at our big local 5k (I think it was that same summer) back when I lived in RI and completely tore it up, running mid 15 and low 16 respectively. They were both 15 and 13 at the time. Everyone was like "who WERE those kids?".

Glad he's getting back on track at least - seemed like he really fell off the radar after taking down NCAAs.

From Fritz on Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 21:52:29 from 98.202.9.237

Interesting story. I came across this article as well.

http://www.runnersworld.com/college-runner-profiles/josh-mcdougal-crossroads

Funny that Rodgers took 2nd in his age group.

From Tina on Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 21:57:50 from 75.162.236.68

Wow. I lived in Albany for a few years, and I ran the Old Chatham 5k in 2001, too. Compared to northwestern PA, I couldn't believe how fast people were running in Upstate NY.

From Jake K on Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 08:32:07 from 159.212.71.17

It was a good area for distance running - especially the girls high school teams in Section 2. Our region would consistently have several of the Top 10 teams in country within a 20 mile radius.

The most impressive guy in that Chatham race was Tom Dalton. I just looked him up to see if he's still at it (he is). One of the rare guys who has been competitive from high school all the way into his 50s.

http://goo.gl/MhIxxq

From Jake K on Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 08:41:38 from 159.212.71.17

Side story on that Chatham race... the day before, my Dad drove a handful of us over to Chatham, where we went for a run with Bill Rodgers. I vividly remember spending about 5 minutes of the run talking with Bill about what he thought Haile Gebrselassie would run in his marathon debut (which had already been announced would be the following spring), while the other kids wondered "who the heck is Haile Gebrselassie?"

From kevin212 on Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 08:48:23 from 174.239.66.172

Yeah, isn't Saratoga Springs up that way? They used to churn 'em out like crazy.

From Yasir on Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:04:16 from 99.20.240.112

still fun reading your blog even during down time I hop you are back soon.

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