Yes I heard this on NPR on the way home from work. I remember the sprint but not much else. It was a good story. Already had the grave dug and just take him out there. Then some horses are creamated. I wonder what drives the owner to bury the whole animal v. cremation.
I am going astray a bit here but I personally dont want to take up any room so Im going to ask that the Hydrogen, Oxygen, and a good deal of nitrogen be "burned" off my body so "I" can be a little pile of unpurified carbon ash. And I dont want to be purified carbon and pressed into a diamond. A bit expensive and rather bizarre.
Dont think anyone will want to come look in a spot where my body is decaying and say what a great runner he was. I remember when he...
posted on Derby Trail asking to be cremated.