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Elway’s
McKendrick’s Steak House
www.elways.com
DENVER, CO 303.399.5353
mckendricks.com
PROPRIETORS: John Elway & Jennifer Wiard
ATLANTA, GA 770.818.6346
PROPRIETORS: Claudia & Doug McKendrick CHEF: Tom Minchella
Manny’s
mannyssteakhouse.com
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 612.339.9900
PROPRIETORS: Phil Roberts, Peter Mihajlov
& Kevin Kuester
Malone’s
malonesrestaurant.com
LEXINGTON, KY 859.335.6500
PROPRIETORS: Brian McCarty & Bruce Drake
Grill 225 grill225.com
CHARLESTON, SC 843.266.4222
PROPRIETOR: Nick Palassis EXECUTIVE CHEF: Demetre Castanas
Benjamin Steak House + Benjamin Prime benjaminsteakhouse.com
NEW YORK, NY 212.338.0818
PROPRIETORS: Benjamin Prelvukaj &
Metropolitan Grill themetropolitangrill.com
SEATTLE, WA 206.624.3287 PROPRIETOR: Ron Cohn
RingSide Steakhouse
RingSideSteakhouse.com
PORTLAND, OR 503.223.1513
PROPRIETORS: Jan, Scott & Craig Peterson
Benjamin Sinanaj
St. Elmo Steak House stelmos.com
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 317.635.0636
PROPRIETORS: Steve Huse & Craig Huse
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED
www.GreatSteakofNA.com
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five months earlier—an injury he probably hadn’t fully admitted to himself. At first he tried to power through, racing just two weeks later in Louisville, where he made the same mistake in the first jump as he did in Rio. He returned to Chula Vista deflated and weary— physically and mentally. He had meticulously plotted out almost every minute of his life since age 15, directing all of his energy and will toward winning at BMX. That single-minded dedication had made him one of the greatest riders in the world, a distinction he still held despite his finish in Rio. But the pressure had been steadily building to keep pushing. Now, after 10 years, he was ready to let up a little. Three weeks after Rio, Willoughby had almost talked himself out of going to the track for a Saturday practice. Instead, he settled for a light ride around the smallest track at the Chula Vista training facility. Even on the car ride there, Willoughby received a text from a friend: You’ve got nothing to prove. You need to rest. Willoughby replied: Maybe I will. Then he got out of the car and onto the bike. He was too tired to do sprints, so he just tooled around on the jumps. And on one of the inclines, his front came up. He lost control and flipped backward, landing on his head. “When I hit the ground, I remember thinking, Why am I not winded?” says Willoughby, who’d fallen countless times before. “It felt like my legs were way off in the distance. I knew it wasn’t good— but I wasn’t panicking. I thought, It will all come back. I’m just in shock.” “He looked scared,” says Brown, who was there. “I was holding on to his hand and telling him, ‘You’re holding my hand.’ He couldn’t feel it.” Brown told someone to call 911; a life flight was en route. Post was back in Minneapolis, about to attend a Twins game. When she saw several missed calls from Brown, she knew something was wrong. He tried not to alarm
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