He registered for a website in 1994, the same year Oprah Winfrey famously ran the Marine Corps Marathon. The Higdon family — three children and nine grandchildren — had been training for what was to come. Higdon began naming some of his family members: Jake (or, as Higdon called him, grandchild No. “It may as well be called the Hal Higdon team legacy.”Jake estimated that about 2 million people used the training plans online every year. “Putting that barrier up would really fly in the face of trying to reach runners of all levels.”

Source: New York Times July 18, 2021 09:56 UTC