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The University of Oregon is steeped with tradition for distance running. Names like Bill Bowerman, Steve Prefontaine and Alberto Salazar echo through the halls of Oregon distance. There is however another great tradition that is rarely trumpeted, the Noon Group Runners. The humble beginnings of one of the oldest amateur running groups arose from a passion to run and a passion to belong. The group has seen 30 minute 10k runners as well as 30 second schnicken eaters. The ages and professions run the gamut from a 25 year-old Web Developer to a 70 year old Psychology Professor. Some runs display the wandering minds of the group as a trail can be invented with little effort. Other workouts reach deep into the soul to discover, as Prefontaine so elegantly put it "who has the most guts!" But every event always share a common thread of decency and unity that is known as the "stretching-spot." A spot where all members rally each runner to once again congregate and set forth as a team, growing stronger together as they grow stronger individually.