At the 1976 Olympic Marathon, Don Kardong would come into his own. especially when it came to international competition. During that era, the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan served as the unofficial world championship. Frank Shorter won Fukuoka every year from 1971 to 1974; Bill Rodgers won it in 1977. On the Olympic front, Frank Shorter … Read more
Understand here that I wasn’t flaunting my footwear. Nearly all runs were by myself, often under cover of darkness. Then I went to the Olympic Trials in Eugene and had nowhere to hide. Running on Pre’s Trail one morning, I came upon a Nike exec. We stopped for a howdy. His gaze went straight to … Read more
(And what | learned from it.) UEENS, NEWYORK, June 12, 2004—In the northeast corner of Queens, New York, atop a forested hill overlooking Little Neck Bay, sits little Crocheron Park. This was the location of the 23rd annual Joe Kleinerman 12-hour run on June 12, 2004, put on by Richie Innamorato and the Broadway Ultra … Read more
100-man, 100-mile record. Key requirements were that it had to be accomplished by 100 different men who all belonged to the same club and everything had to be documented (for example, three timing watches). Bob was also working at a running store at Harbor Place in downtown Baltimore that had just opened, and he got … Read more
Worst Run Turned Best Misery loves company. be one of my worst runs ever. The weather was awful, completely dark outside and the air temperature hovering around the freezing mark, which wasn’t the problem in and of itself. But it was amazingly wet, too. The precipitation dumping from the sky was a chilly combination of … Read more
It’s about the shirt, after all. t all began with a shirt, a shirt I had never seen but one that I was convinced would be the ultimate souvenir of my Peace Corps adventures in West Africa. As I now run through the foothill trails in Boise, Idaho, in preparation for another marathon, I am … Read more
The pros and cons of altitude training. long-distance track runners, and in particular marathon runners. This involves exposure to high altitudes for several days, weeks, or months, undertaken with the intention of improving their competitive performance at lower elevations. It is very much a controversial regimen, and there is a huge number of opinions, medical … Read more
© Laura Casner Lessons learned. n 1977, Al Arnold became the first person to run the 146 miles from the Badwater Basin in Death Valley (which, at 282 feet below sea level, is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere) to the summit of Mount Whitney (which, at 14,505 feet, is the highest point in … Read more
<4 Tim Olson relaxes outside of Telluride during his pre-Hardrock taper. also it’s just what I love to do: running to the top of a mountain and coming back down.” He had been alternating days of long tuns of five to eight hours with days of five-hour hikes, carrying Tristan on his back. For cross-training … Read more
Heart of a Warrior Taking on the Baker/Vegas Relay as a solo effort. e official title of what is commonly called the “Baker to Vegas Relay” is “The Challenge Cup Relay,” which has been running since 1985. The event began with two Los Angeles police officers who were the general manager and the athletic director … Read more
When a last burst of speed pays off, sort of. n Maine, like many other states, the Olympic marathon is a worthy aspiration. But here in my home state, it is the female Olympic marathon runner in particular who is at the sacred center of that aspiration. It is this way because Joanie Benoit Samuelson … Read more
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