Chasing his shadow

Ashton Eaton goes after his own world record and an indoor title

Appeared in print: Wednesday, March 7, 2012, page C1

The last time Ashton Eaton needed a break from winter training, he shattered his own world record in the indoor heptathlon.

The 24-year-old Eaton is on the same path this week.

The Oregon Track Club Elite athlete is the lone American in a field of eight competitors in the indoor heptathlon at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday and Saturday.