...Of Races and Runners

A story is told of a race between two neighboring rival schools. The two best runners for each team often ran together in the offseason and thus became very good friends. As this much-anticipated race began and progressed, the two were running stride-for-stride. As they rounded the last turn, one began to take a short lead. The one who was slightly behind tried desperately to catch up, and somehow their feet got tangled together, causing the second-place runner to fall hard onto the track, yelling and grabbing his bloody ankle. When his friend, who was only twenty-five yards from the finish line realized what had happened, he stopped running, went back to help, and lost the race. What do you think the spectators who witnessed this race
remember about it? How many persons five years later could even recall who eventually won the race? What lesson is seen here?