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There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it.

~Don Kardong

Topics: Always Doing End Extreme Marathon More Ran Somebody Something Than Used You

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When I started running, a gadget was a wristwatch with a secondhand on it.

~Don Kardong

Topics: Gadget Running Secondhand Started

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The Kenyans beat up on the American runners in every road race every weekend of the year, but we're way ahead of them in the number and quality of our Elvis impersonators. We get our X-Men and gorillas.

~Don Kardong

Topics: American Beat Elvis Every Get Number Our Quality Race Road Runners Them Up Way Weekend Year X-Men Ahead

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When I was in middle school, and teachers lectured about World War II, the conflict seemed impossibly distant and irrelevant. And it had only happened 15 years earlier.

~Don Kardong

Topics: About Conflict Distant Earlier Had Happened Irrelevant Middle Middle School Only School Seemed Teachers War World World War World War Ii Years

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Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

~Don Kardong

Topics: Olympics Prior Runner

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My introduction to dissociation had been at Kenneth Cooper's clinic in January of 1975. Cooper had assembled a gaggle of top American distance runners and a half dozen top researchers, the intent being to figure out what the difference was - physiologically, biomechanically, psychologically - between elite and subelite runners.

~Don Kardong

Topics: American Been Being Between Clinic Cooper Difference Distance Dozen Elite Figure Had Half Intent Introduction January Kenneth Out Psychologically Researchers Runners Top

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New nemeses keep racing fresh, but I also find challenge in going longer, with only the distance as foe. I run my first 50-mile race, journey across the Grand Canyon and back, circumnavigate Mount St. Helens.

~Don Kardong

Topics: Across Also Back Canyon Challenge Distance Find First Foe Fresh Going Grand Grand Canyon Journey Keep Longer Mount New Only Race Racing Run

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Clearly, there are things a runner does, intentionally or not, that disrupt team cohesion. And there are also things a runner doesn't do that can cause problems: not trying, showing up late, skipping team-building activities, and ignoring the coach's instructions.

~Don Kardong

Topics: Activities Also Cause Clearly Coach Cohesion Disrupt Does Ignoring Instructions Intentionally Late Problems Runner Showing Showing Up Team Things Trying Up

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An overzealous parent is just one example of the kind of Problem Mom or Dad who pops up at track meets, threatening to put a damper on the day.

~Don Kardong

Topics: Dad Day Example Just Just One Kind Meets Mom Parent Pops Problem Put Threatening Track Up Who

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Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

~Don Kardong

Topics: After Athlete Better Coaches Help His Kid Know Parent Perform Publicly Race Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: December 22nd, 1948

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