Bowerman wrote all our workouts and posted them on the inside wall of a track-level tunnel every week. That the beginners were as important as any other athletes was something he modeled every time we went to class.

A graduate assistant did indeed conduct our workouts - on Stevenson track at Hayward Field. We ran there at the same time the varsity did, and the assistant - a Texan with long flowing blond hair with the fetching nickname of Tex - started our repeats on Bowerman's signal.