This is the full article I stumbled upon when searching for the years Elan won state championships. I meant to add it into the chapter but forgot.
I've since added it but as you guys got to read the chapter first, I wanted to make sure you didn't miss it.
Honestly, it is a pretty bizarre article in my opinion. Like...the way it is written. The author 100% went to Elan and actually, the girl in the photo at the top of the page is REALLY wearing the Elan cross-country uniform.
But the article itself kind of rambles around, going from running - to being abused by Elan - to analyzing Eminem lyrics - and then back around again. I'm not saying it is bad, it is just weird to me that such a thing was published by Runner's World.
At the end of the day, if you take the time to read the whole thing, it is a really beautiful article written by someone baring their whole soul. I just wonder what the average person, who knows nothing of my comic or Elan, would take from it.
Really glad I found it! It's really hard sometimes because (even though I know you all know Elan was real), I never want to come off like I am exaggerating. Which is hard, because Elan comes off like that even when I am actually downplaying stuff (and trying really hard to present the facts as objectively as I can).
It's just nice to find little gems like this that can help back me up.