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BOULDER, Colo. -- Former teammates joined family and friends to say goodbye to 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam on Friday, remembering his warm heart and peaceful spirit.About 250 people gathered for a funeral service for Salaam at the Islamic Center of Boulder near Folsom Field, where Salaam carved his name into the University of Colorado record book from 1992 to 1994.He was found dead Monday night in a park not far from the school at the age of 42. His mother, Khalada, told USA TODAY Sports that police said they suspect he killed himself.The service followed Fridays regular prayers. Some people sat on the floor while others sat on chairs brought into the center for the event. Afterward, Salaams simple wooden casket was carried outside and mourners, including former Colorado coach Bill McCartney, lingered to talk and hug one another.Imam Abdur-Rahim Ali told those at the service that they will be able to hold onto their memories of Salaam.We still have all the wonderful memories from our brother Rashaan, his good spirit, his appetite for good food. We still remember all those good things. We never forget those things. Those things are going to be with us forever, he said.Former teammate T.J. Cunningham said he would remember Salaams infectious smile and laugh and all the good times he and his children had hanging out with Salaam.Michael Westbrook, who played with Salaam at Colorado and went on to play with the Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Redskins, said nothing seemed to be able to make Salaam mad. Any anger in a room would somehow disappear whenever Salaam entered, Westbrook said.Thats just what he brought as a beautiful human being, he said. 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Yeezy China .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Discount Yeezy Store . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. When I ran the Portland Marathon earlier this month, I expected a few things: a hard workout, a medal and a burger and a beer sometime shortly after crossing the finish line.I didnt expect more talk about what makes a real runner and whose times really matter.My best marathon time is 4:18:30, a bit faster than the typical female American marathon finisher. Im proud of this. I havent been graced with a lithe body or the leg muscle fiber composition that could fling me fast through 26.2 miles. And it takes a lot of long, lonely miles out on the road -- and hill repeats and track workouts and eating right and sleeping enough -- to get me there.Still, I have friends who can bang out a sub-four-hour marathon without seriously training, and Ive interviewed pros who can run a marathon in close to half my time. I know fast people, but I do the best with what Ive got -- and thats OK by me.On Oct. 9, I ran the Portland Marathon, my seventh full, and I did it as a training run for the New York City Marathon. But I was in a group of participants that most likely ended up running an extra half mile.Event director Les Smith said he still isnt sure what happened and that theyre still investigating. But so far he thinks that some runners were sent the wrong way after there was a longer-than-usual time gap between group starts in order to allow for a train to pass. He thinks that a volunteer may have thought all the runners had gone by and left his or her post.At first I didnt notice the extra half mile (I didnt race with a GPS watch), and then shrugged when I found out. Hey -- things happen. But then, according to an interview with Oregon Live, Smith said, We think that the people who were involved with that are not normally Boston qualifiers. The only thing that would happen is it would impact their personal best.Then he added, Its not a big deal.But any four-hour-plus marathon runner would agree that it is a big deal, and Smith wholeheartedly agreed when I called him Monday to talk about what happened. He says he was misquoted there and by local TV station KPTV and feels sick about the fall out, both that runners were sent the wrong way, and that runners -- and me -- would think he didnt care about our achievements.Ive run over 50 marathons, he said. The reason I became the race director is because Im back of the pack. IIve always been.ddddddddddddAs the sport of running has expanded and grown, letting in runners who may not have even attempted a 5K before, marathon times have slowed. In 1980, when U.S. marathons had 143,000 finishers, the median marathon finish time was 4:03:39 for women and 3:32:17 for men, according to Running USA. In 2015, those numbers shifted to 509,000 finishers with median times of 4:45:30 for women and 4:20:13 for men.Much of that participation growth has come from women. In 1980, only 10 percent of U.S. marathon finishers were women. In 2015, women made up 44 percent.This is great and a welcome change -- the more people who can find and thrive in the sport, the better. But there are still holdouts (mostly older and faster runners) who wring their hands at this inclusion. They think were ruining the sport. Were called weekend warriors, hobby joggers, a waste of race resources -- that we take spots of real runners who train hard enough to care.But we care. This isnt a hobby for us. I dedicate a significant amount of time and energy into being the best possible runner I can be with the body God gave me. Even though I finished Portland a half hour over my fastest marathon time, it was a still a victory because I was able to fly across the country, run a race in a new-to-me city -- in the rain, by myself -- and still run well.Just because the result is not within spitting range of a Boston Marathon qualifying time doesnt mean that my effort or anyone elses is any less important -- nor should it be any less important to people who put on races.Thats why Smith is so apoplectic that people think he feels otherwise. Thats ridiculous, he said when I asked him if he really believes our times didnt matter, pointing out that a reason the half and full marathons have a walking option is because he wants everyone to feel invited.Thats good. Im relieved. Im used to bearing the slings and arrows about my times from less charitable runners, but the idea that someone who puts on a marathon would feel this way too stung. The sport has come so far since the 1980s, when the field was rail thin and mostly male. I dont want to be pushed back.Jen A. Miller is author of Running: A Love Story. ' ' '