By day, Boris Berian took orders at the fast-food counter, flipped burgers and cooked fries to make ends meet.
By dusk, he trained to become one of the fastest 800m runners in the United States.
Now, he wonders if all that hard work will really pay off. Berian’s biggest opponent these days isn’t on the track, but in the courtroom. A lawsuit filed by Nike dealing with what sort of gear Berian wears threatens to derail what looked like a for-sure trip to the Rio Olympics this summer.
And to think, Berian used to daydream about big endorsement deals while working the 8 a.