The 1960 Olympic marathon in Rome started at 5:30 in the evening and finished in the dark, with torches lighting the ancient streets. One of the runners was an Ethiopian named Abebe Bikila, and he was running barefoot. By 20 kilometers, he and Morocco’s Rhadi Ben Abdesselam had taken the lead, and they ran side by side for miles. About 500 meters from the finish, on the torchlit way, Bikila finally pulled away and won by 25 seconds. He crossed the line under the Arch of Constantine. People expected the favorite to win, not an unknown runner without shoes. You do not need the best equipment to finish the race God set before you. You need to keep running.
