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March 7, 2007 Staff Photo by Travis Long [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Efrain Gonzalez, 27, and his 8-year-old son, Jaquraris, sprint the final few hundred yards of a five-mile run near their home in Jacksonville. Jaquraris recently started running every other day with his father, who is training for tough man boxing competitions. 'If I let him go out in front, he can beat me every time,' said Efrain, who weighs 255 pounds. Seventy-five-pound Jaquraris plays several sports, including running back for a youth football team. He says he took up training to spend more time with his father.
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Takaaki Iwabu
"No Ordinary Day" is a visual diary of the events, both large and small, that serve as milestones in people's lives. It debuted on March 24, 2002 and concluded on Aug. 29, 2007. We hope you continue to enjoy looking at our archive of “No Ordinary Day” images.


Travis Long
The column is a celebration of the struggles, triumphs and tears we experience as we travel from birth to death. Our goal was to document moments in time that might otherwise be missed; sometimes it's the tiniest incident in one's life that has the most profound effect. When on assignment for the column, we looked for that one photo that tells a whole story. Some are the result of a found moment we came across on our daily assignments or our daily existence. For others, we thought of a specific event, like a first haircut or last dance, and sought out a subject who might illustrate the idea.

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