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Arizona champ putting in hard work

By Christopher Parish
ESPN RISE Magazine

Monday, September 14, 2009

Somewhere in the hills of Northern Arizona, Brian Shrader is running. He's running because he has to. He's running because Sinagua (Flagstaff, Ariz.) head coach Bo Reed told him to run until he felt pain, and then start the workout. He's running because somewhere his competitors are running. He thinks about that for a moment. He picks up his pace. Shrader is running because he's nervous. Expectations are high this season for the senior. He was the Gatorade State Boys' Cross Country Runner of t ...

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