What it feels like to run a lap at Hayward Field

The Prefontaine Classic served as crash course for a reporter who's long kept track and field at an arm's length.

EUGENE — For a guy whose newsletter is based upon the premise of being somewhat educated on the comings and goings of sports in this state, track and field has been a blind spot.

Ashton Eaton? Never saw him. Same goes for Deajah Stevens, football star Devon Allen or any of the other names made famous at one of the sport’s most hallowed venues. At The Ore…