Jarryd Wallace wanted to run, in every sense of the word.
On the track, on the dirt and grass of a cross-country course, or on the road, just as he had since he was a child tagging along on his mother's laps around the neighborhood.
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But more so, right at that moment, he wanted to escape the diagnosis that had led doctors to sit him down and explain to him that, at age 17, he might end up losing part of his right leg.