Ben Flanagan remembers legendary track coach Ron Warhurst being a keen observer at his college training sessions, offering encouragement and support during the early years of his retirement from the University of Michigan.
“I watched him run at a cross-country meet. He was five-foot-six, 125 [pounds] soaking wet,” Warhurst recalled in a phone interview with CBC Sports. “I saw how tough he was. Cross-country’s grueling and he handled it well.
“Then he went to the track and I watched him run the last three laps at the 2018 NCAA championships in the 10,000 [metres] and he stayed with the leader. The [other]
