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This week I present for you the short story \u201cThe Winning Bug\u201d written by Jackson Volney Scholz also known as the \u201cNew York Thunderbolt\u201d.\xa0\nJackson Scholz was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprint, was born in 1897 and died on October 26th, 1986.\nIn the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games. He won the gold in Antwerp for the American 4x100 meter relay, he won the silver in the 100m race in the 1924 Paris games, losing to Britains Harold Abrahams as depicted in the movie Chariots of Fire, and he won the gold in those games in the 200 meter race.\xa0 He also ran in the 1928 games in Amsterdam, finishing 4th in the 200 meters.\nAfter his running career had ended, Jackson Scholz became well known for his writing, and today I\u2019m going to read you one of his best short stories, an excellent first reading for what I intend to have as an ongoing feature of this podcast. \u201cThe Winning Bug\u201d.\nShow Links:\nhttp://www.the22miler.blogspot.com\nFdip Blog of the Week: \n\xa0\u201cWinners\u201d by Solare