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Even with a 10-second head start, Adam Ott had no chance and he knew it.
More than perhaps anyone else, the Turner Ashby High School junior understands the gut-wrenchingly frustrating but yet awe-inspiring exercise that is running with his stepbrother, Alex, so he knew what was coming. He shares a home and a last name with the defending Massanutten District and Region III cross country champion, but he doesn't share the genes that constructed the seemingly flawless distance dynamo.
So whenever the two run together, he just hopes Alex lets him keep up.
Sorry, Adam. After Alex finished the 800-meter practice interval Wednesday with almost as big a lead as Adam held when they started, Adam was still shaking his head after watching the phenomenon once more. Read full story by Dustin Dopirak of the Daily News Record