With music, beer gardens, and a party atmosphere, Bend, Oregon is changing the way cross country races are organized and operated around the nation. Bend, Oregon

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FIVE hundred pupils are set to battle it out for a

By Bob Frisk I stopped running in 1954. I had my last race in high school track and that was it. The running days were over. I don't even jog. I long ago rejected that activity as a way to keep in shape.

By Charnicia E. Huggins NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Theirs may not be a contact sport, but high school cross-country runners are not exempt from injury. In fact, injuries are quite common among these athletes, new study findings show.